The platform is rolling out a updated setting that allows them to cut down on the quantity of AI-made content appearing in their streams. This step comes as the service revealed that it now features more than 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
This change is undergoing trials over the next few weeks before a widespread release. This development aligns with a rise in AI-generated material, spurred by recent content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that almost a tenth of the fastest-growing content creators on a competing service primarily display content made by AI. A large amount of this content is classified as low-quality AI content, a label for poor-quality, factory-style content that is frequently absurd or bizarre.
Our research shows that a lot of users enjoy content produced via AI tools, including computer-generated images to informative clips, and we aim to offer the community the ability to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” said a company executive.
Scale of AI Content
The service shared that there are presently over a billion videos on its service identified as artificially created. Overall, over 100 million videos are uploaded to the platform every day, making clips made by AI a minor part of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be in a position to decrease or raise the level of AI content they watch by accessing the “manage topic” option in the platform and choosing AI-made media. Further subjects that are already be adjusted under the tool include news, fashion, aesthetics, and choreography.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its guidelines oblige users to tag “realistic” AI-generated content, and it forbids malicious deepfakes of celebrities or critical incidents. Any realistic artificial content that is not labeled can be deleted under its terms of service.
Furthermore, the platform will henceforth add an “AI-made” tag to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying content made by AI. This measure is intended to deter users from trying to evade the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
TikTok is also launching a $2m educational fund for experts and groups to develop informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will assist charitable organizations dedicated to teaching programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has justified its moderation strategy, following discussion over plans to lay off hundreds of safety staff in the UK. It is planning to reduce hundreds of positions in its user protection team in its British office, with labor groups and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by automated systems.
A company official stated that people-led review would still have a role, but automated tools can shield workers by eliminating the most distressing content prior to it is viewed by staff. TikTok announced a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content reviewed by content reviewers over the last 12 months due to the use of its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to balance staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we also think it’s extremely critical to reduce exposure to harmful content as rapidly, which is the area in which a significant AI assistance is really helping us work at speed.”
