Users will soon have a updated setting that allows them to reduce the amount of AI-made media appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the service revealed that it now features more than 1 billion AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
This change is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a global rollout. This advancement aligns with a surge in AI content, fueled by new video-generation tools.
The Broader AI Trend
It has been noted that nearly one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding channels on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this material is classified as “AI slop”, a term for inferior, bulk-generated content that is typically absurd or bizarre.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers enjoy content created using AI tools, from digital art to science explainers, and we want to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, depending on their own likes,” stated a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok announced that there are presently over a billion videos on its service tagged as AI-generated. Overall, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are added to the service every day, making clips made by AI a limited part of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Viewers will be capable of decrease or raise the level of AI content they see by accessing the topic control setting in the app and choosing AI-made media. Further subjects that currently be controlled under the tool cover current affairs, fashion, cosmetics, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s policies require users to tag convincing AI-generated content, and it prohibits harmful AI impersonations of celebrities or critical incidents. Any believable AI video that is without a tag can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the platform will henceforth attach an AI-generated label to content produced via its built-in AI features, or flagged by an industry-wide initiative for spotting artificial media. This action is intended to stop users from trying to bypass the labeling process.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is also launching a $2m educational fund for professionals and institutions to create educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will benefit educational bodies focused on training coding and technology.
Content Safety Approach
The platform has supported its moderation strategy, amid discussion over proposals to make redundant a large number of safety staff in Britain. It is expected to eliminate hundreds of positions in its content moderation department in London, with worker representatives and internet security professionals voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by machine-led review.
A senior executive clarified that human moderation would still have a role, but AI can protect employees by eliminating the most harmful content before it gets reviewed by staff. TikTok stated a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content handled by human moderators over the past year due to reliance on its AI tools.
It is vital to integrate humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” she said. “We’ll have humans as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to dangerous material as swiftly, which is the area in which a significant AI assistance is making a difference process content quickly.”
