TikTok is introducing a updated setting that allows them to cut down on the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their timelines. This initiative comes as the service revealed that it currently hosts over 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
This change is being tested over the next few weeks before a full-scale launch. This development comes amid a rise in content created by AI, fueled by recent content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that almost 10% of the fastest-growing video streams on another major platform exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a label for poor-quality, factory-style content that is often nonsensical or surreal.
“We know from our community that a lot of users enjoy content produced via AI tools, from digital art to informative clips, and we aim to give people the power to increase or decrease of that, based on their own preferences,” commented a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The service disclosed that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its service identified as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are added to the service every day, making AI-generated material a minor part of its total content library.
User Control Features
Viewers will be in a position to limit or boost the amount of artificial media they watch by accessing the content preference option in the platform and picking AI-made media. Further subjects that are already be controlled under the tool cover news, clothing, aesthetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s rules require users to tag lifelike artificially created content, and it bans harmful deepfakes of celebrities or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the service will from now on attach an AI-generated watermark to content created with its built-in AI features, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for identifying content made by AI. This step is designed to deter users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is additionally establishing a $2 million educational fund for specialists and groups to produce learning resources about ethical AI use. This project will assist educational bodies specializing in educating programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has supported its moderation strategy, amid discussion over proposals to lay off numerous safety staff in the UK. It is set to eliminate a significant number of roles in its user protection division in the UK capital, with worker representatives and internet security professionals raising concerns that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A trust and safety lead stated that people-led review would remain essential, but automated tools can safeguard staff by eliminating the most harmful content ahead of it gets reviewed by humans. The platform stated a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the previous year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
We believe it is crucial to combine staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as rapidly, which is why a significant AI assistance is proving valuable work at speed.”
