TikTok is introducing a new feature that allows them to cut down on the quantity of AI-made media appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the service revealed that it now features in excess of 1 thousand million AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
This change is in a pilot phase over the next few weeks before a widespread rollout. This shift comes amid a surge in AI content, spurred by emerging content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that almost 10% of the fastest-growing video streams on a popular video site primarily display AI-generated videos. A large amount of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a term for substandard, factory-style content that is often illogical or bizarre.
Our research shows that a lot of users enjoy content made with AI tools, including AI artwork to science explainers, and we aim to offer the community the power to see more or less of that, depending on their own choices,” said a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The platform disclosed that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its app identified as AI-generated. Collectively, in excess of 100 m videos are added to the platform daily, making AI-generated material a relatively small portion of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Viewers will be able to limit or boost the level of artificial media they see by accessing the topic control option in the application and selecting “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that are already be adjusted under the setting encompass news, style, aesthetics, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its policies oblige creators to tag convincing AI-generated content, and it prohibits malicious AI impersonations of celebrities or emergencies. Any believable AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
In addition, the app will henceforth add an artificially created tag to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an cross-platform project for recognizing content made by AI. This action is aimed to deter users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
The platform is furthermore establishing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for professionals and institutions to develop informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will benefit non-profit groups dedicated to educating coding and technology.
Content Safety Approach
TikTok has supported its content review process, following controversy over plans to lay off hundreds of review team members in the United Kingdom. It is set to cut a significant number of roles in its content moderation department in the UK capital, with worker representatives and online safety experts voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A senior executive clarified that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but automated tools can safeguard staff by eliminating the most distressing content ahead of it gets reviewed by humans. TikTok announced a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content seen by human moderators over the last 12 months due to intervention by its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to balance humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is why a significant AI assistance is making a difference process content quickly.”
