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MENTAL MODEL · M10833

Deepfake

Deepfake
Learn & MetacognitionHigh supportCognitive Science
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

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Using deep learning technology, one person's face or voice is 'transplanted' onto another person's video or audio, creating extremely realistic but entirely fabricated content.

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Deepfakes (a portmanteau of 'deep learning' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio that have been edited or generated using artificial intelligence, AI-based tools or audio-video editing software. They may depict real or fictional people and are considered a form of synthetic media, that is media …

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Deepfake: Uses deep learning (autoencoders, GANs) to synthesize the source person's face/voice onto target video/audio, achieving realistic forgery; essentially the decoupling and recombination of identity with expression/speech.

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