deepfake
UK/ˈdiːp.feɪk/US/ˈdipˌfeɪk/
deepfake noun: 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.
Noun
deepfake (plural deepfakes)
- 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.
- Did you see that leaked sex tape with the actress? It turned out to be a deepfake, but it looked so realistic!
- The thing is that normal people might try to use to harass other people, specially women, but I don't think this technology will be so advanced that you won't be able to recognize it's a fake video, so the majority of people who try to say a deep fake is real will be looked as an idiot, a pervert...2017 December 17, u/randint2220, “Is this all even legal?”, in Reddit, r/deepfakes, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2023
Verb
deepfake (third-person singular simple present deepfakes, present participle deepfaking, simple past and past participle deepfaked)
- To create or turn into a deepfake; to impersonate someone with a deepfake.
- He deepfaked himself, no one suffered demonstrable harm from it and he admitted it when confronted.2021, Michael Grothaus, Trust No One: Inside the World of Deepfakes, Hachette, →ISBN, page unknown
- Currently, few laws around the world pertain to deepfaked porn.2022 September 2, Kyle Wiggers, Amanda Silberling, “AI is getting better at generating porn”, in TechCrunch
deepfake meaning in Tamil
deepfake in Tamil
- போலிப் பதிவு, உண்மையற்ற நிலை
Examples of deepfake in a sentence
- These deepfakes went in a completely unexpected direction2018 January 1, u/viperex, “Wall”, in Reddit, r/gifs, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2023:
- I've completed a desktop app /w GUI to create deepfakes.2018 January 8, u/deepfakeapp, “FakeApp: A Desktop Tool for Creating Deepfakes”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2018:
- […] the tragic shooting in Minnesota has brought that issue to a boil while demonstrating that we don’t need A.I. deepfakes for maximal polarization.2026 January 10, Ross Douthat, “The ICE Shooting Displays the Need for Equilibrium. But How?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The...
Forms of deepfake
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | deepfakes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | deepfakes |
| present participle | deepfaking |
| past participle | deepfaked |
| past | deepfaked |
Origin of deepfake
Blend of deep learning + fake. Coined in 2017 by Redditor u/deepfakes (account created on September 26, 2017), who had created a technique which could convincingly swap someone's face in a video using deep learning. The r/deepfakes subreddit was created on November 2, 2017. The word was first used as a noun and verb around December 2017.
Words formed from deepfake
Questions about deepfake
- What does deepfake mean?
- Deepfake means 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.
- What is deepfake in Tamil?
- Deepfake in Tamil is போலிப் பதிவு, உண்மையற்ற நிலை. See Deepfake meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use deepfake in a sentence?
- These deepfakes went in a completely unexpected direction
- What part of speech is deepfake?
- Deepfake can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce deepfake?
- Deepfake is pronounced /ˈdiːp.feɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of deepfake?
- The plural of deepfake is deepfakes.
Words near deepfake in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deepfake (page history and authors); deepfake (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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