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Deepfake — Glossary

Synthetic media that convincingly depicts people saying or doing things they did not.

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Deepfakes may involve faces, voices, or full scenes produced by generative models. Creative industries use related tools with consent; attackers use them for fraud and harassment.

Detectors help but produce false positives and false negatives. High-stakes verification should use out-of-band checks, not media alone.

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Deepfakes — Deepfakes are synthetic media—video, audio, or images—that convincingly depict people saying or doing things they did not, enabled by generative AI.

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