Deepfake

Synthetic media, typically video or audio, in which a person's likeness or voice has been convincingly replaced or manipulated using AI, often without their knowledge or consent. The term combines "deep learning" and "fake" and dates to 2017. Deepfakes pose significant risks for disinformation, financial fraud, non-consensual intimate imagery, and identity theft, and are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from genuine content as generative AI capabilities advance.
See also: deepfake detection, synthetic media, generative AI.