Understanding Deepfakes: Creation, Threats & Defense What Are Deepfakes & How Are They Created? Deepfakes are synthetic media—videos, images, or audio—that convincingly depict individuals saying or doing things they never did. These manipulations leverage advanced AI techniques, particularly deep learning, using neural networks to recreate likenesses with remarkable realism. Key to their creation are Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)—a dual-model system where a generator crafts synthetic media and a discriminator tries to discern it from real footage. Through iterative refining, the