How do AI deepfakes get created and spread online?

Deepfakes are like fake videos that look real because they use artificial intelligence, or AI.

Imagine you have a friend who can copy your voice and face so well that when they talk, it looks and sounds just like you. That's what AI deepfakes do, they copy someone’s face and voice to make fake videos of them saying things they never said.

AI deepfakes are made using two special tools: one copies the person’s face, and the other copies their voice. These tools learn from lots of pictures or videos of that person. It's like when you practice drawing a friend, the more you look at them, the better your drawing becomes.

Once AI has learned how to copy a face or voice, it can put that fake face on someone else’s video or use the copied voice in a new recording. This is how deepfake videos are made, like putting together pieces of a puzzle to make something new.

Once these fake videos are made, they’re shared online, just like pictures or messages. People post them on social media, and others see them and believe they're real, just like when you tell a story and your friend thinks it's true until someone else says otherwise!

So, deepfakes are like clever copycats who use AI to trick people with fake videos online.