The platform is rolling out a new feature that enables them to lessen the volume of AI-created videos appearing in their streams. This move comes as the platform announced that it presently contains more than 1 billion AI-generated clips.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a widespread release. This advancement aligns with a increase in AI content, driven by recent AI video creators.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that approximately one in 10 of the quickest rising content creators on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this content is considered low-quality AI content, a term for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is frequently absurd or surreal.
“We know from our community that a lot of users appreciate content made with AI tools, ranging from computer-generated images to educational videos, and we intend to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, depending on their own likes,” commented a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The service announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its service identified as AI-generated. Collectively, over 100 m pieces of content are uploaded to the platform each day, making AI content a minor part of its overall inventory.
How to Adjust Settings
Viewers will be in a position to decrease or raise the volume of artificial media they see by opening the “manage topic” feature in the platform and picking the AI content topic. Other topics that currently be adjusted under the filter encompass current affairs, style, cosmetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
Its rules mandate creators to identify convincing AI-made content, and it prohibits harmful fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is not labeled can be deleted under its terms of service.
Furthermore, the platform will from now on attach an AI-generated label to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for identifying artificial media. This action is intended to stop users from trying to circumvent the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is also launching a $2m educational fund for experts and groups to produce informative material about using AI responsibly. This initiative will assist educational bodies focused on training programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has justified its safety measures, during discussion over plans to lay off numerous content moderators in the UK. TikTok is expected to reduce a significant number of roles in its content moderation division in London, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A trust and safety lead clarified that people-led review would remain essential, but AI can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content ahead of it has to be seen by humans. The company reported a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content reviewed by content reviewers over the past year due to intervention by its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to combine staff and AI to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as involved in the system, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to limit contact with dangerous material as rapidly, which is why a extensive automated help is making a difference operate efficiently.”
