Synthetic media — usually video or audio — where AI convincingly impersonates a real person.
Hmm c'était il y a un bout de temps, je me rappel pas si on parlait déjà des deepfake à l'époque 🤔
The use of deepfake pornography has sparked controversy because it involves the making and sharing of realistic videos featuring non-consenting individuals and is sometimes used for revenge porn.
Synthetic media — usually video or audio — where AI convincingly impersonates a real person. Went from research curiosity (2017) to mainstream policy concern (2024+). A reminder to verify things your eyes tell you are true.
"That video of the CEO was a deepfake — he never said any of it."
deepfake means Synthetic media — usually video or audio — where AI convincingly impersonates a real person. It's mostly used in casual online conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
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Describing something — a person, video, image, or account — that gives off such a hyper-polished, too-perfect, or uncanny vibe that it registers as potentially AI-generated or synthetically constructed even if it isn't. Deepfake coded is the aesthetic read, not the technical verdict. A celebrity's interview that feels scripted to the bone, an influencer whose skin texture never changes, or a marketing video with zero human awkwardness can all be deepfake coded.
A state of operating so deceptively or with such a polished, curated presentation that people genuinely can't tell what's real about you. Being in deepfake mode means your persona online — or even in person — feels manufactured, too smooth, too perfect, lacking the rough authenticity that signals a real human. Can also describe an account or person that seems entirely AI-generated or scripted.
A deepfake so badly executed that it's immediately obvious — warped ears, teeth that multiply, a background that glitches mid-sentence, or audio so out of sync it looks like a dubbed foreign film. Deepfake fails circulate heavily on social media as comedic content and serve as an unintentional PSA for why AI manipulation still has limits. The term covers both AI-generated video flops and any heavily filtered or edited content that collapses under scrutiny.
Academic research has also delved deeper into the factors driving deepfake engagement online as well as potential countermeasures to malicious application of deepfakes.
deepfake means Synthetic media — usually video or audio — where AI convincingly impersonates a real person. It's mostly used in casual online conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
"deepfake" is slang. It means: Synthetic media — usually video or audio — where AI convincingly impersonates a real person. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
“Hmm c'était il y a un bout de temps, je me rappel pas si on parlait déjà des deepfake à l'époque 🤔”
“The use of deepfake pornography has sparked controversy because it involves the making and sharing of realistic videos featuring non-consenting individuals and is sometimes used for revenge porn.”
“Academic research has also delved deeper into the factors driving deepfake engagement online as well as potential countermeasures to malicious application of deepfakes.”
“Deepfake pornography is a form of non-consensual AI pornography created by altering existing photographs or videos using deepfake technology to modify the appearance of the participants.”
“From traditional entertainment to gaming, deepfake technology has evolved to be increasingly convincing and available to the public, allowing for the disruption of the entertainment and media industries.”
A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else.
To create or turn into a deepfake; to impersonate someone with a deepfake.