TikTok is introducing a new feature that enables them to lessen the quantity of AI-made videos appearing in their timelines. This initiative comes as the service announced that it presently contains over 1 thousand million AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
This change is being tested over the following weeks before a global launch. This shift aligns with a increase in content created by AI, fueled by recent AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
Studies have shown that nearly one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding channels on a competing service only show clips produced artificially. A significant portion of this material is deemed “AI slop”, a term for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is typically nonsensical or bizarre.
Our research shows that many people like content created using AI tools, from computer-generated images to educational videos, and we intend to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, based on their own preferences,” stated a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform disclosed that there are currently 1.3bn videos on its service identified as AI-generated. Collectively, in excess of 100 mn videos are added to the service every day, making AI content a limited percentage of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Users will be able to limit or boost the amount of AI-generated videos they view by opening the “manage topic” option in the app and picking “AI-generated content”. Other topics that are already be controlled under the setting encompass politics, fashion, cosmetics, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its rules mandate users to label convincing artificially created content, and it bans harmful AI impersonations of celebrities or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is not labeled can be removed under its community policies.
Furthermore, the platform will henceforth attach an AI-generated label to content created with its built-in AI features, or flagged by an collaborative effort for recognizing artificial media. This measure is designed to deter users from seeking to bypass the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The company is furthermore launching a two million dollar educational fund for professionals and groups to produce informative material about ethical AI use. This program will assist educational bodies specializing in training coding and technology.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has defended its content review process, amid controversy over proposals to make redundant hundreds of safety staff in the United Kingdom. The company is planning to eliminate 439 jobs in its user protection department in the UK capital, with labor groups and digital protection specialists expressing worry that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but AI can shield workers by filtering out the most graphic content prior to it has to be seen by staff. TikTok reported a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content handled by content reviewers over the past year due to intervention by its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to combine people and machines to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to reduce exposure to harmful content as swiftly, which is why a significant AI assistance is making a difference process content quickly.”
