BACKGROUND

A deepfake is an item of media content in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness. A deepfake may be generated using machine learning and artificial intelligence to manipulate or generate visual and audio content with a high potential to deceive. A person viewing or listening to a deepfake may believe that the content of the deepfake is real.

Other deepfakes may include modified or synthesized audio that is intended to mimic the voice of someone else and text messaging that appears to be sent by someone else. A speech synthesizer may generate deepfake audio of a transcription, or a voice modification device may modify speech audio to mimic the voice of someone else. A message generation device may spoof the device of someone else so that the recipient believes that person sent the message.

