TikTok is introducing a new feature that enables them to cut down on the quantity of AI-created media appearing in their timelines. This move comes as the service disclosed that it now features over 1 billion AI-generated clips.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a global launch. This shift comes amid a rise in content created by AI, spurred by emerging content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the most rapidly expanding content creators on a popular video site primarily display AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this content is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, factory-style content that is frequently nonsensical or bizarre.
“We know from our community that many people enjoy content produced via AI tools, ranging from digital art to educational videos, and we intend to give people the ability to see more or less of that, according to their own preferences,” said a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The service disclosed that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its app identified as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 million pieces of content are uploaded to the platform each day, making clips made by AI a minor part of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be capable of limit or boost the volume of AI-generated videos they view by accessing the content preference option in the app and choosing AI-made media. Additional categories that currently be controlled under the tool encompass politics, clothing, beauty, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s guidelines oblige users to label “realistic” artificially created content, and it prohibits harmful AI impersonations of celebrities or emergencies. Any realistic AI video that is unmarked can be taken down under its user guidelines.
In addition, the app will henceforth apply an AI-generated label to content made using its built-in AI features, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for identifying artificial media. This action is designed to stop users from trying to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is additionally introducing a $2 million AI literacy fund for specialists and groups to produce informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will assist charitable organizations specializing in educating programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
TikTok has defended its content review process, during controversy over intentions to make redundant a large number of content moderators in Britain. It is planning to eliminate 439 jobs in its user protection division in the UK capital, with worker representatives and internet security professionals voicing alarm that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A senior executive stated that human moderation would remain essential, but artificial intelligence can shield workers by eliminating the most graphic content before it is viewed by people. The platform reported a notable drop in explicit and harmful content handled by content reviewers over the previous year due to the use of its AI tools.
It is vital to combine staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s extremely critical to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is where a significant AI assistance is really helping us work at speed.”
