Users will soon have a new feature that permits them to reduce the quantity of AI-created media appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the company disclosed that it now features more than 1 bn AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is being tested over the next few weeks before a full-scale launch. This development coincides with a increase in AI content, spurred by recent video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that almost one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding video streams on a popular video site only show AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this material is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for substandard, factory-style content that is typically absurd or surreal.
Based on user feedback that many people enjoy content made with AI tools, including AI artwork to science explainers, and we want to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” said a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
The platform shared that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its service identified as AI-generated. Overall, in excess of 100 mn videos are uploaded to the platform daily, making clips made by AI a relatively small percentage of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be capable of reduce or increase the amount of AI content they watch by using the “manage topic” option in the application and choosing AI-made media. Other topics that are already be controlled under the setting encompass politics, clothing, aesthetics, and dance.
Platform Guidelines
Its policies oblige users to identify lifelike artificially created content, and it bans malicious fake videos of celebrities or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be taken down under its community policies.
Furthermore, the service will henceforth attach an AI-generated watermark to content produced via its own AI tools, or detected by an cross-platform project for spotting content made by AI. This measure is aimed to deter users from attempting to circumvent the labeling process.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is also establishing a $2 million awareness program for professionals and groups to create educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will benefit non-profit groups specializing in educating coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has justified its safety measures, amid controversy over plans to make redundant numerous safety staff in the United Kingdom. The company is set to eliminate a significant number of roles in its content moderation division in London, with labor groups and internet security professionals raising concerns that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A senior executive explained that human moderation would still have a role, but AI can protect employees by filtering out the most graphic content prior to it is viewed by humans. TikTok reported a notable drop in shocking and graphic content seen by safety staff over the previous year due to intervention by its AI tools.
“We think that it’s essential to combine staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us operate efficiently.”
