The platform is rolling out a new feature that permits them to reduce the amount of AI-made media appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the service revealed that it currently hosts in excess of 1 thousand million AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is being tested over the coming weeks before a widespread launch. This development coincides with a surge in AI content, spurred by new AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that nearly a tenth of the most rapidly expanding video streams on a competing service only show content made by AI. A significant portion of this material is classified as “AI slop”, a term for substandard, factory-style content that is typically nonsensical or dreamlike.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers enjoy content created using AI tools, including computer-generated images to science explainers, and we aim to provide users the option to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” stated a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
The platform shared that there are now over a billion videos on its service identified as artificially created. Overall, in excess of 100 m media items are submitted to the service daily, making AI content a minor percentage of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be capable of decrease or raise the amount of AI-generated videos they view by using the topic control setting in the platform and selecting AI-made media. Other topics that currently be modified under the filter encompass news, clothing, aesthetics, and movement.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s rules mandate creators to label convincing artificially created content, and it bans malicious fake videos of celebrities or critical incidents. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the app will from now on apply an “AI-made” label to content produced via its built-in AI features, or flagged by an collaborative effort for spotting AI-generated material. This action is designed to deter users from trying to bypass the labeling process.
Responsible AI Funding
The company is also establishing a $2 million AI literacy fund for professionals and institutions to produce learning resources about using AI responsibly. This project will benefit non-profit groups dedicated to training computer science.
Content Safety Approach
The platform has supported its safety measures, following debate over plans to make redundant a large number of review team members in the UK. It is expected to eliminate 439 jobs in its trust and safety team in London, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A company official stated that human moderation would remain essential, but AI can protect employees by eliminating the most graphic content before it is viewed by humans. TikTok stated a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content seen by human moderators over the past year due to reliance on its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to integrate people and machines to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s very important to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is why a significant AI assistance is making a difference process content quickly.”
