Users will soon have a fresh option that enables them to cut down on the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the platform announced that it presently contains over 1 thousand million content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the coming weeks before a widespread release. This advancement coincides with a surge in content created by AI, spurred by emerging video-generation tools.
The Broader AI Trend
Studies have shown that almost 10% of the fastest-growing content creators on another major platform primarily display content made by AI. A considerable share of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, mass-produced content that is frequently nonsensical or bizarre.
Our research shows that a lot of users enjoy content made with AI tools, including computer-generated images to informative clips, and we want to offer the community the power to see more or less of that, based on their own likes,” stated a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The platform shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its network identified as AI-generated. In total, over 100 million media items are uploaded to the app every day, making AI-generated material a minor portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be able to decrease or raise the amount of AI content they see by opening the “manage topic” option in the application and picking AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the tool include news, clothing, beauty, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
Its guidelines oblige users to label convincing AI-generated content, and it forbids dangerous AI impersonations of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any believable AI-generated clip that is not labeled can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the service will from now on add an AI-generated tag to content produced via its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an collaborative effort for identifying AI-generated material. This action is designed to deter users from attempting to evade the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is furthermore launching a two million dollar AI literacy fund for professionals and institutions to develop informative material about ethical AI use. This program will assist non-profit groups focused on training computer science.
Platform Protection
TikTok has justified its content review process, amid discussion over intentions to lay off a large number of content moderators in the UK. TikTok is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its content moderation division in the UK capital, with worker representatives and online safety experts expressing worry that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A senior executive explained that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by removing the most distressing content ahead of it has to be seen by people. TikTok announced a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content reviewed by content reviewers over the previous year due to intervention by its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to balance people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” she said. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as rapidly, which is why a lot of the machine support is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
