The platform is rolling out a new feature that permits them to reduce the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the service announced that it currently hosts over 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
This change is undergoing trials over the next few weeks before a full-scale release. This development comes amid a rise in AI content, fueled by recent content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Studies have shown that almost a tenth of the most rapidly expanding channels on another major platform exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this content is deemed low-quality AI content, a label for substandard, mass-produced content that is typically absurd or dreamlike.
Our research shows that a lot of users appreciate content made with AI tools, from computer-generated images to science explainers, and we intend to provide users the ability to increase or decrease of that, according to their own likes,” commented a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The platform shared that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its app tagged as artificially created. Collectively, over 100 million videos are added to the platform each day, making AI content a limited part of its total content library.
User Control Features
Members will be in a position to decrease or raise the amount of AI content they watch by opening the topic control feature in the platform and choosing AI-made media. Other topics that are already be adjusted under the filter encompass politics, fashion, cosmetics, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
Its policies mandate users to label lifelike AI-generated content, and it bans dangerous fake videos of celebrities or emergencies. Any believable artificial content that is not labeled can be removed under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the app will now apply an AI-generated tag to content produced via its own AI tools, or identified by an cross-platform project for recognizing AI-generated material. This action is intended to help prevent users from attempting to bypass the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is also introducing a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and organizations to develop informative material about using AI responsibly. This program will assist educational bodies specializing in training coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has defended its safety measures, following controversy over intentions to make redundant numerous review team members in Britain. The company is planning to cut 439 jobs in its user protection department in the UK capital, with worker representatives and online safety experts expressing worry that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead explained that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by eliminating the most graphic content before it gets reviewed by people. TikTok announced a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content handled by safety staff over the last 12 months 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 also think it’s extremely critical to limit contact with dangerous material as quickly as possible, which is where a significant AI assistance is making a difference operate efficiently.”
