The platform is rolling out a updated setting that allows them to reduce the volume of AI-created content appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the platform revealed that it presently contains more than 1 billion AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
This change is being tested over the next few weeks before a full-scale rollout. This advancement coincides with a surge in content created by AI, fueled by recent content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that almost a tenth of the fastest-growing content creators on a popular video site exclusively feature clips produced artificially. A large amount of this output is considered “AI slop”, a label for inferior, factory-style content that is frequently absurd or surreal.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers enjoy content created using AI tools, ranging from computer-generated images to informative clips, and we want to provide users the ability to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” stated a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The service announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its service identified as AI-generated. In total, more than 100 million videos are uploaded to the service every day, making clips made by AI a relatively small portion of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Members will be capable of decrease or raise the amount of AI content they see by accessing the “manage topic” option in the platform and choosing AI-made media. Additional categories that currently be controlled under the tool cover politics, clothing, cosmetics, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
Its policies oblige content makers to label “realistic” artificially created content, and it bans dangerous deepfakes of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is without a tag can be removed under its terms of service.
Additionally, the platform will from now on add an artificially created label to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an cross-platform project for identifying content made by AI. This measure is intended to deter users from trying to evade the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is furthermore introducing a $2 million educational fund for professionals and organizations to develop educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will benefit educational bodies focused on teaching programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has supported its safety measures, during debate over plans to make redundant numerous review team members in the UK. It is set to eliminate hundreds of positions in its content moderation team in the UK capital, with trade unions and internet security professionals expressing worry that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A senior executive stated that human moderation would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by removing the most distressing content prior to it has to be seen by people. The company announced a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content reviewed by safety staff over the past year due to the use of its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to balance humans and technology to ensure user safety,” she said. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s extremely critical to limit contact with dangerous material as rapidly, which is where a extensive automated help is making a difference work at speed.”
