Users will soon have a fresh option that enables them to cut down on the quantity of AI-made media appearing in their streams. This move comes as the service disclosed that it presently contains over 1 bn AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global launch. This development aligns with a surge in content created by AI, spurred by recent video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that approximately one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding channels on a competing service primarily display content made by AI. A large amount of this content is deemed mass-produced AI material, a term for inferior, mass-produced content that is often nonsensical or surreal.
“We know from our community that a lot of users appreciate content created using AI tools, including computer-generated images to educational videos, and we aim to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, based on their own likes,” commented a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
The service announced that there are now 1.3bn videos on its app identified as made with AI. Overall, over 100 mn pieces of content are added to the service each day, making AI-generated material a relatively small part of its overall inventory.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be able to reduce or increase the amount of AI-generated videos they view by accessing the “manage topic” feature in the platform and choosing AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be controlled under the tool cover news, clothing, beauty, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s guidelines mandate users to tag convincing artificially created content, and it forbids dangerous fake videos of public figures or emergencies. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is unmarked can be deleted under its community policies.
Additionally, the platform will from now on add an artificially created label to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for spotting content made by AI. This step is aimed to deter users from trying to evade the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is also launching a two million dollar AI literacy fund for experts and institutions to create learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will assist educational bodies dedicated to teaching programming and robotics.
Content Safety Approach
TikTok has defended its safety measures, following discussion over intentions to lay off a large number of review team members in the United Kingdom. It is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its trust and safety team in its British office, with labor groups and online safety experts voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by automated systems.
A company official stated that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but automated tools can shield workers by removing the most graphic content prior to it gets reviewed by staff. TikTok announced a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content reviewed by human moderators over the last 12 months due to reliance on its automated systems.
It is vital to integrate staff and AI to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is why a significant AI assistance is proving valuable process content quickly.”
