The platform is rolling out a updated setting that enables them to lessen the quantity of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their timelines. This initiative comes as the service revealed that it currently hosts more than 1 thousand million content made with AI.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a full-scale release. This development aligns with a surge in content created by AI, driven by new content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that almost a tenth of the most rapidly expanding video streams on another major platform exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this material is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for inferior, mass-produced content that is typically absurd or bizarre.
Based on user feedback that many people enjoy content made with AI tools, including computer-generated images to educational videos, and we intend to give people the ability to adjust the amount of that, according to their own preferences,” said a company executive.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok disclosed that there are presently over a billion videos on its service identified as made with AI. In total, more than 100 million pieces of content are uploaded to the service every day, making clips made by AI a limited percentage of its total content library.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be capable of decrease or raise the volume of artificial media they watch by opening the topic control setting in the app and picking AI-made media. Further subjects that currently be modified under the setting encompass news, fashion, cosmetics, and movement.
Content Labeling and Policies
Its rules oblige users to tag lifelike artificially created content, and it bans malicious AI impersonations of public figures or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI video that is without a tag can be taken down under its terms of service.
Additionally, the service will now attach an AI-generated label to content produced via its own AI tools, or detected by an cross-platform project for identifying content made by AI. This measure is aimed to help prevent users from seeking to circumvent the tagging system.
Responsible AI Funding
The platform is also establishing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to develop educational content about ethical AI use. This program will assist educational bodies specializing in training programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has defended its content review process, following debate over plans to make redundant hundreds of content moderators in the UK. It is planning to reduce a significant number of roles in its trust and safety team in the UK capital, with worker representatives and online safety experts voicing alarm that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead stated that human moderation would continue to be important, but automated tools can shield workers by eliminating the most distressing content before it has to be seen by staff. TikTok reported a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content reviewed by safety staff over the last 12 months due to reliance on its AI tools.
It is vital to combine humans and technology to ensure user safety,” the executive stated. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is why a lot of the machine support is making a difference operate efficiently.”
