Users will soon have a updated setting that permits them to reduce the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their timelines. This move comes as the platform disclosed that it now features in excess of 1 bn AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The update is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a full-scale release. This development comes amid a increase in AI content, fueled by new content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that almost 10% of the quickest rising content creators on a competing service only show content made by AI. A large amount of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a label for inferior, mass-produced content that is frequently absurd or bizarre.
Our research shows that many people enjoy content made with AI tools, including AI artwork to educational videos, and we aim to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own choices,” commented a company executive.
Scale of AI Content
The platform disclosed that there are currently 1.3bn videos on its network identified as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are submitted to the service daily, making clips made by AI a minor portion of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Members will be capable of limit or boost the level of artificial media they watch by using the topic control feature in the application and choosing the AI content topic. Other topics that are already be adjusted under the filter cover current affairs, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s policies require users to tag lifelike AI-made content, and it bans harmful fake videos of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is not labeled can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the app will from now on apply an AI-generated tag to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying artificial media. This step is aimed to help prevent users from attempting to circumvent the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is additionally establishing a $2 million educational fund for professionals and groups to develop learning resources about using AI responsibly. This program will benefit educational bodies dedicated to training coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has defended its safety measures, during discussion over intentions to make redundant numerous review team members in Britain. TikTok is planning to eliminate 439 jobs in its trust and safety department in London, with trade unions and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by automated systems.
A company official clarified that people-led review would continue to be important, but AI can safeguard staff by eliminating the most graphic content before it has to be seen by humans. The platform reported a 76% decrease in shocking and graphic content seen by content reviewers over the past year due to the use of its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to balance humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” she said. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s very important to limit contact with dangerous material as quickly as possible, which is why a lot of the machine support is proving valuable process content quickly.”
