Users will soon have a new feature that permits them to reduce the amount of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the platform disclosed that it presently contains in excess of 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
This change is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a widespread release. This advancement comes amid a rise in AI content, driven by emerging video-generation tools.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that nearly a tenth of the quickest rising channels on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this output is classified as “AI slop”, a term for inferior, factory-style content that is frequently illogical or bizarre.
Our research shows that many people like content produced via AI tools, including digital art to informative clips, and we aim to provide users the ability to adjust the amount of that, depending on their own likes,” commented a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The platform shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its app tagged as AI-generated. Overall, over 100 mn media items are added to the platform daily, making AI-generated material a limited percentage of its total content library.
User Control Features
Members will be capable of limit or boost the level of AI content they watch by opening the topic control feature in the platform and picking AI-made media. Further subjects that can already be adjusted under the setting include current affairs, fashion, beauty, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s rules oblige creators to identify “realistic” AI-generated content, and it forbids malicious AI impersonations of celebrities or emergencies. Any believable artificial content that is without a tag can be removed under its community policies.
In addition, the app will now apply an “AI-made” watermark to content made using its own AI tools, or identified by an cross-platform project for identifying content made by AI. This step is aimed to help prevent users from seeking to evade the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
The platform is furthermore establishing a $2 million awareness program for experts and groups to produce educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will support charitable organizations dedicated to training programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
TikTok has supported its safety measures, during debate over intentions to lay off a large number of review team members in Britain. TikTok is set to eliminate 439 jobs in its trust and safety department in the UK capital, with trade unions and internet security professionals raising concerns that humans are being replaced by machine-led review.
A company official clarified that people-led review would still have a role, but AI can shield workers by eliminating the most graphic content before it gets reviewed by humans. TikTok reported a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content reviewed by content reviewers over the past year due to intervention by its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to combine staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we also think it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to harmful content as rapidly, which is where a extensive automated help is proving valuable work at speed.”
