TikTok is introducing a new feature that permits them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their timelines. This initiative comes as the service disclosed that it presently contains over 1 thousand million content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The update is undergoing trials over the next few weeks before a full-scale release. This development aligns with a increase in AI content, fueled by new AI video creators.
AI Proliferation Online
Studies have shown that almost 10% of the fastest-growing video streams on another major platform primarily display clips produced artificially. A significant portion of this content is considered “AI slop”, a label for poor-quality, mass-produced content that is frequently absurd or dreamlike.
“We know from our community that a lot of users like content made with AI tools, including computer-generated images to educational videos, and we want to provide users the power to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” stated a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform shared that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its service labeled as AI-generated. Overall, in excess of 100 mn videos are uploaded to the service every day, making AI content a relatively small portion of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be capable of limit or boost the volume of AI content they see by opening the topic control option in the platform and picking AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be controlled under the filter cover news, clothing, aesthetics, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
Its guidelines oblige users to identify “realistic” AI-made content, and it bans harmful fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any believable AI video that is unmarked can be deleted under its terms of service.
In addition, the app will henceforth attach an artificially created tag to content produced via its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an collaborative effort for identifying content made by AI. This step is intended to help prevent users from trying to evade the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is additionally launching a $2 million awareness program for specialists and organizations to create educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will benefit educational bodies focused on training coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has defended its moderation strategy, amid controversy over plans to make redundant a large number of content moderators in the United Kingdom. It is expected to cut hundreds of positions in its content moderation team in its British office, with trade unions and digital protection specialists raising concerns that staff are being displaced by AI moderation.
A company official clarified that people-led review would continue to be important, but automated tools can protect employees by removing the most distressing content ahead of it gets reviewed by people. TikTok announced a notable drop in disturbing and violent content handled by human moderators over the last 12 months due to the use of its automated systems.
It is vital to combine humans and technology to ensure user safety,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to limit contact with harmful content as rapidly, which is where a lot of the machine support is proving valuable work at speed.”
