Users will soon have a fresh option that allows them to reduce the volume of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts over 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a global release. This shift coincides with a surge in AI-generated material, spurred by new video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that nearly one in 10 of the quickest rising video streams on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this output is deemed low-quality AI content, a term for inferior, bulk-generated content that is typically nonsensical or surreal.
Our research shows that numerous viewers like content created using AI tools, ranging from digital art to educational videos, and we want to provide users the power to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own likes,” said a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok announced that there are now 1.3bn videos on its network tagged as artificially created. Overall, more than 100 mn pieces of content are uploaded to the app daily, making AI-generated material a minor portion of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Members will be able to reduce or increase the level of AI-generated videos they see by accessing the “manage topic” option in the application and selecting AI-made media. Further subjects that are already be modified under the filter include news, fashion, cosmetics, and choreography.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s policies oblige content makers to identify convincing AI-generated content, and it prohibits malicious fake videos of celebrities or emergencies. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be taken down under its community policies.
Furthermore, the app will henceforth apply an AI-generated watermark to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or identified by an cross-platform project for identifying content made by AI. This action is designed to help prevent users from trying to bypass the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is also introducing a two million dollar awareness program for specialists and organizations to create informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will benefit non-profit groups specializing in teaching programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has defended its safety measures, during controversy over plans to cut jobs for hundreds of content moderators in the United Kingdom. TikTok is set to cut 439 jobs in its content moderation team in London, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists expressing worry that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A senior executive clarified that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but AI can safeguard staff by removing the most graphic content prior to it gets reviewed by people. TikTok stated a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content handled by content reviewers over the previous year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to combine staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to harmful content as rapidly, which is why a extensive automated help is proving valuable work at speed.”
