Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the service disclosed that it currently hosts more than 1 bn AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a widespread release. This shift aligns with a rise in content created by AI, spurred by new content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that almost one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding video streams on a competing service only show content made by AI. A considerable share of this content is considered “AI slop”, a label for substandard, bulk-generated content that is frequently illogical or dreamlike.
Our research shows that numerous viewers appreciate content created using AI tools, ranging from digital art to science explainers, and we aim to give people the power to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own choices,” said a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
The platform shared that there are now over a billion videos on its app tagged as made with AI. Overall, more than 100 mn videos are uploaded to the app every day, making AI-generated material a limited part of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be in a position to reduce or increase the volume of artificial media they see by accessing the “manage topic” feature in the app and choosing the AI content topic. Additional categories that can already be adjusted under the setting encompass current affairs, fashion, cosmetics, and movement.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its policies oblige creators to tag lifelike AI-made content, and it prohibits malicious fake videos of celebrities or critical incidents. Any realistic AI video that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
In addition, the app will henceforth add an artificially created label to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying content made by AI. This measure is intended to deter users from trying to bypass the labeling process.
Responsible AI Funding
The company is additionally establishing a $2 million educational fund for specialists and organizations to produce educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will support non-profit groups focused on training programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its safety measures, during controversy over plans to cut jobs for numerous safety staff in the UK. The company is expected to cut hundreds of positions in its user protection division in the UK capital, with labor groups and online safety experts expressing worry that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A trust and safety lead clarified that human moderation would remain essential, but automated tools can protect employees by filtering out the most distressing content before it is viewed by staff. TikTok announced a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the last 12 months due to reliance on its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to combine humans and technology to ensure user safety,” she said. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to minimize viewing of unsafe media as rapidly, which is why a extensive automated help is making a difference process content quickly.”
