TikTok is introducing a fresh option that enables them to lessen the volume of AI-made media appearing in their streams. This step comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts more than 1 billion AI-generated clips.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a full-scale release. This advancement comes amid a surge in AI content, fueled by recent video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the fastest-growing channels on a competing service only show content made by AI. A large amount of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for substandard, factory-style content that is frequently nonsensical or surreal.
“We know from our community that many people enjoy content made with AI tools, including AI artwork to science explainers, and we intend to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” said a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The service disclosed that there are currently over a billion videos on its network labeled as made with AI. In total, over 100 million videos are added to the app daily, making AI-generated material a minor portion of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be able to reduce or increase the volume of AI content they view by using the topic control option in the platform and picking “AI-generated content”. Other topics that currently be adjusted under the tool include news, clothing, aesthetics, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its rules require users to tag lifelike AI-made content, and it bans harmful fake videos of celebrities or emergencies. Any authentic-looking AI video that is without a tag can be taken down under its user guidelines.
In addition, the platform will from now on add an “AI-made” tag to content produced via its built-in AI features, or flagged by an cross-platform project for recognizing AI-generated material. This action is intended to stop users from trying to evade the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is furthermore establishing a $2 million awareness program for experts and groups to produce educational content about using AI responsibly. This program will support non-profit groups dedicated to training coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its safety measures, following debate over intentions to cut jobs for hundreds of safety staff in the United Kingdom. It is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its trust and safety department in London, with trade unions and online safety experts expressing worry that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A senior executive explained that human moderation would continue to be important, but automated tools can safeguard staff by filtering out the most graphic content ahead of it has to be seen by humans. The company reported a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content seen by safety staff over the last 12 months due to the use of its machine learning processes.
It is vital to balance staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have humans 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 extensive automated help is making a difference operate efficiently.”
