Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheapfake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cheap-fake
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fake or misleading piece of media (such as a video clip or image) created using conventional methods, as opposed to AI deep learning algorithms.

Example Sentences

""Cheapfakes" rely on free software that allows manipulation through easy conventional editing techniques like speeding, slowing, and cutting, as well as nontechnical manipulations like restaging or recontextualizing existing footage that are already causing problems."
"Now that global superpowers are openly sharing cheapfakes on social media, what's to stop them (or any other actor) from deploying more sophisticated visual disinformation as it emerges?"
"Aciman also noted that "cheapfakes" and other manipulated media may still be removed if it violates the platform's other policies around, say, misinformation or hate speech."

Etymology

Compound of cheap + fake, modelled after deepfake.

Inflected Forms

cheapfakes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

shallowfake

Questions

What does cheapfake mean?: A fake or misleading piece of media (such as a video clip or image) created using conventional methods, as opposed to AI deep learning algorithms.
Where does cheapfake come from?: Compound of cheap + fake, modelled after deepfake.

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