The platform is rolling out a new feature that enables them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the company announced that it now features in excess of 1 bn AI-generated clips.
Testing and Rollout
The update is being tested over the next few weeks before a full-scale release. This development comes amid a surge in content created by AI, spurred by new content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that almost one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding content creators on a popular video site only show clips produced artificially. A large amount of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, factory-style content that is typically illogical or dreamlike.
Our research shows that many people enjoy content made with AI tools, including digital art to informative clips, and we aim to provide users the ability to adjust the amount of that, depending on their own likes,” said a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform disclosed that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its app tagged as AI-generated. In total, over 100 mn pieces of content are uploaded to the service each day, making clips made by AI a minor percentage of its overall inventory.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be in a position to decrease or raise the volume of AI-generated videos they view by accessing the “manage topic” setting in the application and picking the AI content topic. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the tool cover politics, fashion, beauty, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s guidelines mandate content makers to identify “realistic” AI-generated content, and it bans dangerous AI impersonations of public figures or critical incidents. Any realistic artificial content that is without a tag can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the platform will henceforth apply an AI-generated watermark to content produced via its own AI tools, or detected by an collaborative effort for identifying artificial media. This measure is aimed to help prevent users from trying to bypass the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
TikTok is furthermore launching a $2 million awareness program for experts and groups to develop educational content about ethical AI use. This initiative will benefit non-profit groups focused on educating computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has supported its safety measures, amid controversy over proposals to lay off hundreds of safety staff in Britain. The company is expected to eliminate hundreds of positions in its user protection team in the UK capital, with labor groups and online safety experts expressing worry that staff are being displaced by automated systems.
A company official stated that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but AI can shield workers by removing the most harmful content before it has to be seen by people. The company reported a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content seen by human moderators over the past year due to reliance on its AI tools.
It is vital to balance humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s extremely critical to reduce exposure to dangerous material as swiftly, which is why a significant AI assistance is really helping us work at speed.”
