TikTok is introducing a updated setting that enables them to lessen the volume of AI-created media appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the company revealed that it presently contains more than 1 thousand million AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a full-scale launch. This development coincides with a surge in AI-generated material, driven by new content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that nearly one in 10 of the fastest-growing channels on a competing service primarily display AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this output is considered “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, factory-style content that is typically absurd or bizarre.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers like content made with AI tools, from digital art to science explainers, and we aim to provide users the option to see more or less of that, based on their own choices,” said a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
The service announced that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its app tagged as made with AI. Overall, over 100 million videos are added to the service daily, making AI content a relatively small percentage of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be capable of limit or boost the volume of artificial media they see by accessing the topic control setting in the platform and picking “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that currently be adjusted under the setting encompass news, clothing, cosmetics, and dance.
Platform Guidelines
Its policies mandate users to identify convincing AI-made content, and it bans malicious deepfakes of public figures or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI video that is unmarked can be removed under its community policies.
Additionally, the service will now add an “AI-made” tag to content made using its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an collaborative effort for spotting AI-generated material. This action is intended to stop users from seeking to evade the tagging system.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is also launching a $2 million awareness program for professionals and organizations to create educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will assist charitable organizations specializing in training programming and robotics.
Content Safety Approach
The platform has supported its safety measures, amid discussion over intentions to make redundant hundreds of content moderators in Britain. TikTok is planning to reduce hundreds of positions in its user protection division in its British office, with trade unions and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by automated systems.
A company official stated that human moderation would continue to be important, but AI can shield workers by removing the most graphic content before it gets reviewed by humans. The platform reported a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content reviewed by human moderators over the past year due to intervention by its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to balance people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” she said. “We’ll have humans as involved in the system, but we also think it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is the area in which a significant AI assistance is making a difference process content quickly.”
