TikTok is introducing a fresh option that permits them to reduce the volume of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the company disclosed that it now features more than 1 bn AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The update is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a widespread release. This development comes amid a rise in AI content, fueled by emerging AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that approximately one in 10 of the fastest-growing video streams on a popular video site primarily display clips produced artificially. A considerable share of this material is deemed “AI slop”, a term for inferior, mass-produced content that is typically nonsensical or bizarre.
“We know from our community that a lot of users like content made with AI tools, ranging from AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to give people the power to increase or decrease of that, according to their own choices,” said a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
The service disclosed that there are now over a billion videos on its network tagged as AI-generated. Collectively, in excess of 100 million media items are uploaded to the app each day, making AI-generated material a limited portion of its total content library.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be in a position to decrease or raise the volume of AI content they watch by opening the “manage topic” option in the app and selecting the AI content topic. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the tool cover current affairs, clothing, aesthetics, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s policies oblige users to label “realistic” artificially created content, and it forbids dangerous fake videos of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any believable artificial content that is not labeled can be removed under its community policies.
In addition, the app will from now on add an AI-generated label to content produced via its own AI tools, or detected by an collaborative effort for recognizing artificial media. This measure is aimed to deter users from attempting to bypass the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is furthermore introducing a $2m educational fund for professionals and groups to develop learning resources about using AI responsibly. This program will support educational bodies dedicated to educating computer science.
Platform Protection
The platform has defended its moderation strategy, following debate over intentions to lay off numerous safety staff in Britain. TikTok is planning to reduce a significant number of roles in its content moderation division in London, with labor groups and internet security professionals expressing worry that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but automated tools can protect employees by removing the most harmful content ahead of it gets reviewed by humans. TikTok reported a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content reviewed by safety staff over the past year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
It is vital to combine staff and AI to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with dangerous material as swiftly, which is why a significant AI assistance is really helping us process content quickly.”
