Users will soon have a updated setting that enables them to cut down on the quantity of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their timelines. This initiative comes as the company announced that it presently contains over 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Testing and Rollout
The new functionality is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a full-scale release. This shift aligns with a surge in AI content, spurred by recent AI video creators.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that nearly one in 10 of the fastest-growing content creators on another major platform exclusively feature content made by AI. A considerable share of this content is classified as “AI slop”, a term for inferior, factory-style content that is often illogical or dreamlike.
“We know from our community that a lot of users appreciate content made with AI tools, ranging from AI artwork to informative clips, and we want to provide users the power to see more or less of that, based on their own likes,” said a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
TikTok disclosed that there are now 1.3bn videos on its network labeled as made with AI. Overall, in excess of 100 million pieces of content are submitted to the app each day, making AI-generated material a minor portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be capable of limit or boost the amount of AI content they watch by accessing the topic control option in the application and choosing the AI content topic. Further subjects that can already be adjusted under the tool cover politics, fashion, beauty, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s policies mandate creators to identify “realistic” AI-generated content, and it bans malicious AI impersonations of public figures or crisis events. Any realistic AI video that is without a tag can be deleted under its terms of service.
Furthermore, the service will now attach an “AI-made” tag to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an industry-wide initiative for identifying artificial media. This action is intended to help prevent users from seeking to evade the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
The company is furthermore launching a $2m educational fund for professionals and groups to produce informative material about ethical AI use. This project will benefit charitable organizations focused on educating coding and technology.
Platform Protection
The platform has defended its safety measures, following debate over intentions to cut jobs for numerous content moderators in the UK. The company is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its content moderation team in the UK capital, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists raising concerns that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A company official stated that human moderation would remain essential, but AI can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content prior to it is viewed by people. The company stated a notable drop in shocking and graphic content reviewed by safety staff over the previous year due to the use of its machine learning processes.
We believe it is crucial to combine humans and technology to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to reduce exposure to harmful content as quickly as possible, which is why a significant AI assistance is proving valuable process content quickly.”
