Deepfake
AI-generated audio, video, or images that convincingly imitate a real person. A growing tool for scams, such as cloned voices asking for urgent payments.
“The 'CEO' on the call asking for a wire transfer was a deepfake.”
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In the history of AI
One of the Essentials
Deepfake is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2023.