TikTok is introducing a new feature that allows them to reduce the amount of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the service announced that it presently contains more than 1 thousand million AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is in a pilot phase over the next few weeks before a full-scale rollout. This advancement coincides with a rise in AI-generated material, driven by recent video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that almost 10% of the most rapidly expanding channels on a competing service exclusively feature content made by AI. A considerable share of this output is considered “AI slop”, a term for substandard, mass-produced content that is often nonsensical or dreamlike.
Based on user feedback that a lot of users enjoy content made with AI tools, including digital art to informative clips, and we want to offer the community the power to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own likes,” said a company executive.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok shared that there are now over a billion videos on its network tagged as artificially created. Collectively, more than 100 m pieces of content are submitted to the app daily, making AI-generated material a minor part of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be able to reduce or increase the volume of AI-generated videos they watch by accessing the content preference feature in the app and selecting AI-made media. Further subjects that currently be controlled under the filter cover current affairs, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
Content Labeling and Policies
Its guidelines mandate creators to identify lifelike artificially created content, and it bans malicious AI impersonations of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI video that is unmarked can be removed under its community policies.
Additionally, the platform will now attach an “AI-made” label to content created with its built-in AI features, or detected by an collaborative effort for recognizing artificial media. This measure is designed to stop users from seeking to circumvent the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is furthermore introducing a $2m awareness program for professionals and institutions to produce educational content about using AI responsibly. This initiative will benefit charitable organizations focused on teaching programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has supported its content review process, following controversy over intentions to make redundant hundreds of review team members in the UK. It is planning to cut 439 jobs in its trust and safety team in London, with labor groups and internet security professionals expressing worry that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A senior executive clarified that staff-based oversight would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by removing the most graphic content ahead of it is viewed by humans. TikTok announced a notable drop in explicit and harmful content seen by human moderators over the past year due to the use of its automated systems.
It is vital to integrate humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to dangerous material as swiftly, which is the area in which a extensive automated help is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
