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Deepfake

Definition

Synthetic or AI-manipulated media in which a person's likeness, voice, or both are generated or substituted using machine learning methods. Detection relies on identifying statistical artefacts left by generative models that differ from authentic capture noise.

Related terms

C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity)
An open technical standard that embeds cryptographically signed provenance assertions into media files at the point of capture or editing. A C2PA...
Integrity verification
The branch of authentication that determines whether a recording's content has been altered after original capture. Methods include metadata consistency checks, compression...
Photo Response Non-Uniformity (PRNU)
A fixed-pattern noise component caused by microscopic sensitivity differences between individual sensor pixels. PRNU is deterministic and camera-specific, making it a sensor...
Source identification
The branch of authentication that determines whether a recording originates from a claimed device, person, or system. Methods include Photo Response Non-Uniformity...
Steganography
Concealing one file inside another in a way that hides the existence of the hidden file. LSB image manipulation, JPEG DCT coefficient...

Explained in

  • Media Authentication FundamentalsSynthetic or AI-manipulated media in which a person's likeness, voice, or both are generated or substituted using machine learning methods. Detection relies on...

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