What Is Deepfake Technology?ĭeepfakes refer to manipulated visual content generated by sophisticated artificial intelligence, which yields fabricated pictures and sounds that appear to be real. However, the technology has a lot of potential if used in the correct way. This has forced the government and industry to detect and limit their illegal use. Recently, deepfakes have attracted a lot of attention for their uses in financial fraud, hoaxes, and fake news. In the early 1990s, researchers at academic institutions developed Deepfake technology, which was later fine-tuned by developers in online communities. These techniques improved rapidly with digital video. Various techniques to manipulate images was introduced in the 19 century and later applied to motion pictures.