Users will soon have a new feature that allows them to lessen the volume of AI-created media appearing in their streams. This step comes as the service disclosed that it presently contains more than 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
This change is being tested over the following weeks before a global release. This development comes amid a surge in AI-generated material, driven by new video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that approximately one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding content creators on another major platform primarily display AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this output is classified as “AI slop”, a term for poor-quality, factory-style content that is often absurd or surreal.
“We know from our community that a lot of users enjoy content produced via AI tools, from AI artwork to informative clips, and we aim to give people the option to adjust the amount of that, based on their own likes,” stated a company executive.
AI on the Platform
The service announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its app labeled as artificially created. In total, in excess of 100 million media items are submitted to the platform daily, making AI content a minor part of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be in a position to reduce or increase the volume of AI-generated videos they view by accessing the content preference feature in the platform and selecting AI-made media. Further subjects that currently be adjusted under the filter encompass current affairs, clothing, cosmetics, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
Its guidelines require content makers to identify convincing AI-made content, and it forbids harmful fake videos of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
In addition, the service will now add an artificially created watermark to content produced via its own AI tools, or identified by an cross-platform project for spotting content made by AI. This action is intended to help prevent users from seeking to evade the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is also launching a $2 million educational fund for professionals and institutions to produce informative material about ethical AI use. This project will support non-profit groups dedicated to teaching programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has defended its moderation strategy, following controversy over plans to lay off a large number of safety staff in Britain. It is expected to reduce hundreds of positions in its trust and safety team in its British office, with trade unions and internet security professionals raising concerns that staff are being displaced by automated systems.
A trust and safety lead clarified that people-led review would continue to be important, but AI can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content ahead of it gets reviewed by humans. TikTok announced a 76% decrease in shocking and graphic content handled by safety staff over the last 12 months due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to balance humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of harmful content as swiftly, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is proving valuable work at speed.”
