TikTok is introducing a fresh option that enables them to lessen the volume of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the platform revealed that it now features more than 1 billion AI-generated clips.
Testing and Rollout
The update is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a widespread rollout. This shift coincides with a rise in AI content, spurred by emerging AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that nearly 10% of the most rapidly expanding video streams on a competing service only show clips produced artificially. A considerable share of this output is classified as “AI slop”, a term for inferior, mass-produced content that is typically nonsensical or surreal.
Based on user feedback that many people like content created using AI tools, from AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to give people the option to increase or decrease of that, based on their own preferences,” stated a company executive.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok announced that there are now over a billion videos on its app tagged as artificially created. Collectively, more than 100 mn pieces of content are added to the app daily, making AI-generated material a relatively small percentage of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be capable of decrease or raise the volume of AI-generated videos they watch by opening the “manage topic” option in the platform and selecting “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that are already be modified under the setting encompass news, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s rules require content makers to tag convincing AI-made content, and it bans harmful fake videos of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any believable AI video that is not labeled can be deleted under its user guidelines.
In addition, the service will now apply an “AI-made” watermark to content made using its own AI tools, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for spotting AI-generated material. This measure is designed to stop users from trying to evade the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is also introducing a $2 million AI literacy fund for experts and organizations to develop learning resources about using AI responsibly. This initiative will benefit charitable organizations dedicated to teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has supported its moderation strategy, during debate over plans to cut jobs for hundreds of safety staff in the UK. It is expected to reduce hundreds of positions in its user protection department in the UK capital, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by AI moderation.
A company official stated that human moderation would remain essential, but AI can safeguard staff by filtering out the most graphic content before it is viewed by humans. The platform reported a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content reviewed by safety staff over the last 12 months due to the use of its machine learning processes.
It is vital to integrate humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to harmful content as swiftly, which is where a extensive automated help is proving valuable process content quickly.”
