The platform is rolling out a fresh option that permits them to reduce the amount of AI-created videos appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the platform disclosed that it now features more than 1 bn AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a widespread launch. This advancement comes amid a increase in AI-generated material, fueled by new video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the fastest-growing content creators on another major platform primarily display clips produced artificially. A large amount of this content is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is frequently illogical or dreamlike.
Our research shows that a lot of users enjoy content produced via AI tools, including computer-generated images to educational videos, and we want to give people the power to see more or less of that, depending on their own preferences,” stated a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
The service shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its app identified as AI-generated. Collectively, in excess of 100 million pieces of content are added to the platform each day, making clips made by AI a minor portion of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Users will be able to limit or boost the volume of artificial media they watch by using the content preference feature in the application and choosing “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that currently be controlled under the tool include politics, clothing, cosmetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s policies mandate users to identify convincing AI-generated content, and it forbids harmful deepfakes of celebrities or crisis events. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is unmarked can be taken down under its terms of service.
Additionally, the service will henceforth apply an artificially created tag to content created with its own AI tools, or flagged by an industry-wide initiative for spotting AI-generated material. This measure is intended to help prevent users from seeking to circumvent the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is additionally establishing a $2 million educational fund for specialists and institutions to create learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will assist charitable organizations specializing in training coding and technology.
Platform Protection
TikTok has justified its content review process, during debate over plans to lay off numerous content moderators in the UK. TikTok is expected to eliminate hundreds of positions in its trust and safety team in London, with trade unions and internet security professionals raising concerns that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but automated tools can protect employees by eliminating the most harmful content ahead of it is viewed by staff. TikTok announced a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content handled by human moderators over the previous year due to the use of its automated systems.
It is vital to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as rapidly, which is the area in which a extensive automated help is really helping us process content quickly.”
