TikTok is introducing a fresh option that enables them to reduce the quantity of AI-made media appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the service disclosed that it now features over 1 billion content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the next few weeks before a global rollout. This development coincides with a increase in AI content, fueled by new content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that almost 10% of the fastest-growing channels on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this content is deemed “AI slop”, a label for inferior, factory-style content that is typically absurd or surreal.
Based on user feedback that many people appreciate content created using AI tools, including digital art to informative clips, and we intend to offer the community the power to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” commented a company executive.
AI on the Platform
The platform announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its service tagged as AI-generated. Collectively, in excess of 100 m videos are uploaded to the app each day, making clips made by AI a relatively small portion of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Viewers will be in a position to reduce or increase the amount of AI content they watch by opening the topic control setting in the application and picking AI-made media. Additional categories that can already be controlled under the tool include politics, clothing, beauty, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s policies require creators to identify “realistic” AI-made content, and it bans harmful deepfakes of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any realistic artificial content that is not labeled can be removed under its community policies.
In addition, the service will from now on add an “AI-made” watermark to content made using its own AI tools, or flagged by an cross-platform project for spotting content made by AI. This action is intended to stop users from attempting to evade the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is additionally launching a $2 million educational fund for specialists and groups to develop learning resources about ethical AI use. This project will benefit charitable organizations specializing in educating coding and technology.
Platform Protection
The platform has justified its safety measures, amid debate over plans to lay off numerous safety staff in Britain. It is planning to reduce hundreds of positions in its content moderation team in London, with trade unions and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A company official clarified that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by filtering out the most distressing content prior to it gets reviewed by people. The platform stated a notable drop in disturbing and violent content handled by human moderators over the past year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
We believe it is crucial to combine people and machines to ensure user safety,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to reduce exposure to harmful content as rapidly, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us operate efficiently.”
