Deepfake

/ˈdiːpfeɪk/Loanword from EnglishDeepfake
manipulated media using AI

Deepfakes werden oft genutzt, um Politiker zu diskreditieren.

Deepfakes are often used to discredit politicians.


Technology
technical

Media (video, audio, image) that has been digitally altered using artificial intelligence to make it appear real when it is not.

Mit Deepfake-Software lassen sich realistische Stimmen und Gesichter nachahmen.

Deepfake software can mimic realistic voices and faces.

Die Verbreitung von Deepfakes stellt eine Herausforderung für die Glaubwürdigkeit von Nachrichten dar.

The spread of deepfakes poses a challenge to the credibility of news.

Often used in disinformation campaigns, entertainment, or fraud. The term combines 'deep learning' and 'fake'.

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Spelling and Plural

The word is always capitalized in German ('Deepfake') and takes the English plural form ('Deepfakes').

Word Origin

Compound of 'deep' (from 'deep learning') and 'fake', coined in the early 2010s as AI-generated media became more sophisticated.

Usage Notes

Primarily used in digital media contexts. In German, it is treated as a masculine noun ('der Deepfake') and often pluralized as 'Deepfakes'.

Word Breakdown

Deep
short for deep learning
root
+
fake
counterfeit or false
root
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