Users will soon have a new feature that permits them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their streams. This step comes as the platform announced that it currently hosts more than 1 bn AI-generated clips.
Testing and Rollout
The update is in a pilot phase over the next few weeks before a global release. This advancement aligns with a surge in content created by AI, spurred by recent video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that approximately 10% of the quickest rising channels on a popular video site only show clips produced artificially. A significant portion of this material is classified as “AI slop”, a label for poor-quality, factory-style content that is often nonsensical or bizarre.
Our research shows that a lot of users appreciate content created using AI tools, including AI artwork to science explainers, and we aim to offer the community the option to see more or less of that, based on their own preferences,” stated a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
The platform shared that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its network labeled as artificially created. In total, in excess of 100 m media items are uploaded to the app daily, making clips made by AI a relatively small part of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be in a position to limit or boost the level of AI-generated videos they view by accessing the “manage topic” setting in the platform and selecting “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that currently be controlled under the setting include politics, fashion, beauty, and dance.
Platform Guidelines
Its guidelines oblige creators to tag lifelike AI-generated content, and it bans harmful fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is without a tag can be deleted under its terms of service.
Additionally, the platform will henceforth apply an “AI-made” label to content created with its built-in AI features, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for identifying AI-generated material. This step is aimed to help prevent users from seeking to bypass the labeling process.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is additionally launching a $2m educational fund for experts and groups to create learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will benefit non-profit groups focused on educating computer science.
Platform Protection
TikTok has defended its moderation strategy, amid discussion over plans to lay off numerous content moderators in the UK. It is planning to reduce a significant number of roles in its user protection team in London, with trade unions and digital protection specialists raising concerns that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A company official explained that human moderation would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by filtering out the most distressing content prior to it is viewed by people. The company reported a 76% decrease in shocking and graphic content seen by content reviewers over the previous year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
It is vital to balance staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we additionally believe it’s very important to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is really helping us operate efficiently.”
