TikTok is introducing a updated setting that allows them to lessen the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the company announced that it now features in excess of 1 billion AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The new functionality is in a pilot phase over the following weeks before a global release. This advancement comes amid a surge in AI content, driven by new AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that nearly 10% of the most rapidly expanding video streams on another major platform exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this output is considered “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, factory-style content that is often nonsensical or surreal.
Based on user feedback that many people appreciate content made with AI tools, including digital art to educational videos, and we want to offer the community the option to increase or decrease of that, according to their own choices,” commented a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok announced that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its network identified as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 mn media items are uploaded to the platform each day, making clips made by AI a relatively small percentage of its total content library.
User Control Features
Users will be able to reduce or increase the level of AI content they view by accessing the “manage topic” setting in the app and picking the AI content topic. Further subjects that currently be controlled under the setting cover news, fashion, beauty, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s guidelines mandate content makers to tag “realistic” AI-made content, and it forbids dangerous AI impersonations of celebrities or emergencies. Any believable AI video that is not labeled can be taken down under its user guidelines.
In addition, the service will from now on apply an AI-generated tag to content made using its built-in AI features, or flagged by an collaborative effort for spotting AI-generated material. This measure is intended to help prevent users from trying to circumvent the labeling process.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is furthermore establishing a $2m AI literacy fund for experts and groups to develop informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will support educational bodies focused on training computer science.
Content Safety Approach
TikTok has justified its moderation strategy, amid discussion over intentions to make redundant a large number of safety staff in Britain. TikTok is planning to cut hundreds of positions in its trust and safety team in its British office, with labor groups and internet security professionals voicing alarm that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A senior executive stated that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by eliminating the most graphic content before it gets reviewed by people. TikTok announced a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content seen by safety staff over the previous year due to intervention by its AI tools.
It is vital to combine humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is why a significant AI assistance is proving valuable process content quickly.”
