Users will soon have a fresh option that allows them to reduce the volume of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the company announced that it currently hosts over 1 thousand million AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global launch. This development aligns with a increase in content created by AI, fueled by recent content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that nearly a tenth of the most rapidly expanding video streams on a popular video site only show content made by AI. A considerable share of this content is considered “AI slop”, a label for poor-quality, factory-style content that is typically absurd or surreal.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers appreciate content created using AI tools, ranging from digital art to science explainers, and we intend to give people the option to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own choices,” stated a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The platform disclosed that there are currently over a billion videos on its network identified as artificially created. Collectively, in excess of 100 mn pieces of content are submitted to the platform daily, making AI-generated material a relatively small portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be capable of decrease or raise the volume of AI content they see by using the content preference option in the platform and choosing AI-made media. Further subjects that can already be modified under the tool cover current affairs, fashion, cosmetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
Its rules oblige users to tag convincing AI-made content, and it bans dangerous deepfakes of celebrities or emergencies. Any believable AI video that is unmarked can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the service will henceforth apply an “AI-made” label to content created with its built-in AI features, or detected by an cross-platform project for spotting content made by AI. This step is designed to deter users from attempting to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is also introducing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for professionals and organizations to create informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will support educational bodies focused on educating computer science.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has justified its content review process, during debate over proposals to make redundant numerous content moderators in the United Kingdom. The company is planning to eliminate hundreds of positions in its trust and safety department in its British office, with trade unions and online safety experts raising concerns that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead stated that people-led review would still have a role, but AI can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content prior to it has to be seen by staff. TikTok stated a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content reviewed by safety staff over the past year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
It is vital to integrate staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to limit contact with dangerous material as swiftly, which is why a significant AI assistance is really helping us operate efficiently.”
