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AI Literacy · Stage 6

Name a Deepfake

AI can now fake a real person's video, photo or voice so well your eyes can be fooled — learn to name a deepfake and check its source before you believe or share it.

✦ AI Literacy📘 Stage 6 · S6⏱ ~9 min🧒 Ages 10–12★ Free to start
I can name a deepfake and check its source.
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Kavi Spots a Fake Video

Kavi sees a video of a famous singer saying something shocking — and it looks real! But it is only on one stranger's account. Kavi slows down: this could be a deepfake — an AI-made clip of a real person. He won't trust it until he checks the source, so he looks at her real verified account and the trusted news… nothing there. Caught it — Kavi named a deepfake and checked its source before believing a single second.

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What your child will learn

1A deepfake vs checking the sourceA deepfake copies a REAL person. The reliable way to know is to check the source. Tap each card!
2Name it, then check itEach clip sounds real. Decide what to do, then tap to check. Tap Next test for more.
3Deepfake or not a deepfake?A deepfake copies a REAL person with AI. Which of these is one? Tap a bin for each!
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A peek inside

I see a video of a real footballer saying he is quitting — posted by an account I don't know. How do I handle it?
First I NAME it: this could be a <b>deepfake</b> — an AI-made clip of a real person. I don't trust it just because the face looks right, because AI can copy a face and a voice. Then I <b>check the source</b>: is it on his real verified account? Do trusted news channels report it? It's only on one unknown account and nowhere else — a red flag.

Try this at home: What is a deepfake?

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Questions parents ask

+What is a deepfake?

A deepfake is a video, photo or voice recording that AI has made or changed to show a real person saying or doing something they never really did. The AI copies the real person's face or voice, so it can look and sound almost real.

+How do you check the source of a clip?

Find where the clip first came from, see if the real person's own verified account or a trusted news site shows the same thing, and be careful if it only appears on one unknown account and nowhere trusted.

+Can you always tell a deepfake just by looking?

No. Good deepfakes can look very convincing, so looking is not enough. Clues like odd blinking or lips that don't match the words can help, but the reliable step is to check the source.

+Is every AI-made picture a deepfake?

No. A deepfake copies a real, identifiable person. An AI picture of an imaginary creature is AI-made but it is not a deepfake, because it does not imitate a real person.

+What age is this 'Name a Deepfake' lesson for?

It is a Stage 6 lesson for roughly ages 11–12 in KAVI Academy's AI-literacy track. It builds on earlier lessons about checking a trusted source and catching confident AI mistakes.

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Part of AI Literacy · Stage 6 · S6 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.