Users will soon have a new feature that allows them to cut down on the amount of AI-made videos appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the service disclosed that it presently contains more than 1 billion AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is in a pilot phase over the next few weeks before a global release. This advancement aligns with a increase in content created by AI, fueled by recent content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the quickest rising video streams on another major platform exclusively feature content made by AI. A significant portion of this output is considered mass-produced AI material, a label for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is typically nonsensical or bizarre.
Our research shows that numerous viewers enjoy content created using AI tools, ranging from AI artwork to informative clips, and we want to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own likes,” stated a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
The service shared that there are presently 1.3bn videos on its network tagged as artificially created. Collectively, over 100 m media items are submitted to the platform daily, making AI content a relatively small percentage of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Users will be capable of decrease or raise the volume of AI-generated videos they see by accessing the “manage topic” setting in the platform and selecting the AI content topic. Further subjects that can already be controlled under the setting cover politics, fashion, cosmetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s guidelines require creators to label convincing AI-made content, and it bans harmful AI impersonations of public figures or critical incidents. Any realistic artificial content that is unmarked can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the platform will from now on apply an artificially created label to content created with its built-in AI features, or detected by an cross-platform project for spotting artificial media. This measure is designed to stop users from seeking to circumvent the labeling process.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is additionally introducing a $2 million AI literacy fund for experts and groups to create educational content about ethical AI use. This project will assist charitable organizations dedicated to teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its safety measures, during controversy over intentions to lay off a large number of content moderators in Britain. It is set to cut hundreds of positions in its trust and safety team in the UK capital, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by automated systems.
A senior executive explained that people-led review would still have a role, but AI can shield workers by eliminating the most harmful content ahead of it gets reviewed by people. TikTok stated a notable drop in shocking and graphic content reviewed by content reviewers over the previous year due to the use of its machine learning processes.
It is vital to balance people and machines to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to unsafe media as rapidly, which is where a significant AI assistance is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
