Realistic artificially generated media
A video deepfake of Kim Jong-Un created in 2020 by a nonpartisan advocacy group RepresentUs
Deepfakes (a portmanteau of "deep learning " and "fake"[ 1] ) were originally synthetic media productions[ 2] which have been digitally manipulated to deceptively and convincingly replace one person's likeness with that of another. The term, coined in 2017 by an anonymous Reddit user,[ 3] has been expanded to cover any videos, pictures, or audio made with artificial intelligence to appear real,[ 4] by fabricating observably realistic images or audio of individuals who do not exist.[ 5]
While the act of creating fake content is not new, deepfakes uniquely leverage the technological tools and techniques of machine learning and artificial intelligence ,[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] including facial recognition algorithms and artificial neural networks such as variational autoencoders (VAEs) and generative adversarial networks (GANs).[ 7] [ 9] In turn the field of image forensics develops techniques to detect manipulated images .[ 10] Deepfakes have garnered widespread attention for their potential use in creating child sexual abuse material, celebrity pornographic videos , revenge porn , fake news , hoaxes , bullying , and financial fraud .[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
The spreading of disinformation and hate speech through deepfakes has a potential to undermine core functions and norms of democratic systems by interfering with people's ability to participate in decisions that affect them, determine collective agendas and express political will through informed decision-making.[ 15] Both the information technology industry and governments have responded with recommendations to detect and limit their use.[ 16] [ 17]
From traditional entertainment to conline gaming , deepfake technology is developed to be convincing enough to deceive human perception[ 18] and available to the public, allowing the disruption of the entertainment and media industries.[ 19]
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^ Schwartz, Oscar (12 November 2018). "You thought fake news was bad? Deep fakes are where truth goes to die" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2018 .
^ Farid, Hany (15 September 2019). "Image Forensics" . Annual Review of Vision Science . 5 (1): 549–573. doi :10.1146/annurev-vision-091718-014827 . ISSN 2374-4642 . PMID 31525144 . S2CID 263558880 . Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2023 .
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^ Roose, Kevin (4 March 2018). "Here Come the Fake Videos, Too" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2018 .
^ Schreyer, Marco; Sattarov, Timur; Reimer, Bernd; Borth, Damian (October 2019). "Adversarial Learning of Deepfakes in Accounting". arXiv :1910.03810 [cs.LG ].
^ Pawelec, M (2022). "Deepfakes and Democracy (Theory): How Synthetic Audio-Visual Media for Disinformation and Hate Speech Threaten Core Democratic Functions" . Digital Society: Ethics, Socio-legal and Governance of Digital Technology . 1 (2): 19. doi :10.1007/s44206-022-00010-6 . PMC 9453721 . PMID 36097613 .
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