The platform is rolling out a new feature that allows them to lessen the amount of AI-created content appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the service announced that it presently contains over 1 bn content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the coming weeks before a widespread launch. This development aligns with a surge in AI-generated material, driven by new content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that nearly a tenth of the quickest rising content creators on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this material is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for inferior, mass-produced content that is typically nonsensical or dreamlike.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers enjoy content produced via AI tools, ranging from digital art to educational videos, and we intend to provide users the option to see more or less of that, based on their own preferences,” said a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
The service shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its app identified as artificially created. In total, in excess of 100 million videos are added to the platform each day, making clips made by AI a relatively small portion of its complete catalog.
How to Adjust Settings
Viewers will be in a position to reduce or increase the level of AI-generated videos they watch by opening the topic control feature in the application and picking AI-made media. Other topics that are already be controlled under the setting encompass politics, fashion, beauty, and choreography.
AI Disclosure Rules
TikTok’s rules mandate users to label convincing artificially created content, and it prohibits harmful fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any believable artificial content that is unmarked can be removed under its terms of service.
In addition, the service will henceforth apply an “AI-made” tag to content produced via its built-in AI features, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for recognizing content made by AI. This step is intended to deter users from seeking to circumvent the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
The platform is additionally launching a $2 million educational fund for professionals and institutions to produce learning resources about using AI responsibly. This program will support non-profit groups specializing in teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has defended its safety measures, following controversy over plans to lay off numerous content moderators in the UK. It is set to eliminate 439 jobs in its user protection division in London, with trade unions and online safety experts voicing alarm that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A senior executive clarified that people-led review would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by eliminating the most graphic content before it is viewed by humans. TikTok reported a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the last 12 months due to intervention by its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to integrate staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to limit contact with unsafe media as swiftly, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is really helping us work at speed.”
