Users will soon have a updated setting that permits them to cut down on the volume of AI-created content appearing in their streams. This move comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts in excess of 1 thousand million AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The new functionality is being tested over the coming weeks before a full-scale rollout. This advancement aligns with a increase in AI-generated material, spurred by recent video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that almost a tenth of the fastest-growing channels on a popular video site exclusively feature content made by AI. A considerable share of this content is considered “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, mass-produced content that is often illogical or surreal.
Based on user feedback that many people like content made with AI tools, from AI artwork to science explainers, and we aim to give people the ability to adjust the amount of that, according to their own likes,” commented a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
TikTok disclosed that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its service tagged as made with AI. Overall, more than 100 mn media items are uploaded to the app every day, making clips made by AI a limited percentage of its total content library.
User Control Features
Viewers will be in a position to limit or boost the volume of artificial media they see by accessing the “manage topic” option in the platform and selecting “AI-generated content”. Other topics that currently be controlled under the tool include news, clothing, aesthetics, and dance.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s rules oblige content makers to label “realistic” AI-made content, and it forbids malicious fake videos of public figures or critical incidents. Any believable AI video that is unmarked can be taken down under its community policies.
Furthermore, the platform will now attach an artificially created watermark to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for spotting artificial media. This step is aimed to stop users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is additionally establishing a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to create learning resources about using AI responsibly. This initiative will assist educational bodies focused on training coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has supported its moderation strategy, during debate over plans to make redundant hundreds of review team members in the UK. TikTok is set to reduce 439 jobs in its user protection team in the UK capital, with trade unions and online safety experts raising concerns that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A company official stated that human moderation would continue to be important, but AI can safeguard staff by eliminating the most graphic content prior to it is viewed by humans. The company reported a notable drop in disturbing and violent content reviewed by content reviewers over the past year due to the use of its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we also think it’s very important to minimize viewing of dangerous material as swiftly, which is why a extensive automated help is proving valuable process content quickly.”
