The platform is rolling out a updated setting that allows them to lessen the volume of AI-made media appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the service disclosed that it currently hosts over 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
This change is being tested over the coming weeks before a widespread launch. This development coincides with a rise in content created by AI, fueled by recent video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Studies have shown that almost a tenth of the fastest-growing video streams on another major platform primarily display content made by AI. A considerable share of this content is deemed “AI slop”, a label for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is typically absurd or surreal.
Our research shows that many people enjoy content created using AI tools, ranging from AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to offer the community the option to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own likes,” commented a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
The platform disclosed that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its network identified as artificially created. Collectively, more than 100 m videos are uploaded to the service each day, making clips made by AI a limited portion of its total content library.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be able to limit or boost the amount of artificial media they view by using the topic control option in the platform and selecting “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the tool encompass current affairs, style, cosmetics, and choreography.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s guidelines mandate creators to tag lifelike artificially created content, and it bans malicious deepfakes of celebrities or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI video that is not labeled can be deleted under its community policies.
In addition, the service will now attach an artificially created watermark to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an collaborative effort for spotting content made by AI. This action is designed to help prevent users from seeking to circumvent the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is additionally introducing a $2m AI literacy fund for experts and groups to produce learning resources about ethical AI use. This program will assist educational bodies specializing in training coding and technology.
Content Safety Approach
TikTok has defended its safety measures, amid debate over proposals to make redundant hundreds of safety staff in the United Kingdom. The company is expected to cut 439 jobs in its user protection team in London, with trade unions and internet security professionals expressing worry that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A senior executive explained that staff-based oversight would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by eliminating the most harmful content ahead of it has to be seen by staff. The company announced a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by safety staff over the past year due to intervention by its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we further consider it’s very important to minimize viewing of harmful content as rapidly, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is making a difference operate efficiently.”
