Users will soon have a fresh option that permits them to reduce the amount of AI-created content appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the company announced that it currently hosts more than 1 bn AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the following weeks before a full-scale launch. This shift aligns with a rise in AI content, spurred by new video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that nearly 10% of the most rapidly expanding content creators on a popular video site exclusively feature content made by AI. A considerable share of this content is considered “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is frequently absurd or dreamlike.
Our research shows that a lot of users like content created using AI tools, from AI artwork to informative clips, and we aim to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” said a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
The platform disclosed that there are presently 1.3bn videos on its network tagged as made with AI. Overall, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are uploaded to the service daily, making clips made by AI a limited part of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Members will be capable of decrease or raise the level of artificial media they see by accessing the “manage topic” setting in the platform and selecting “AI-generated content”. Other topics that are already be adjusted under the tool cover news, fashion, cosmetics, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s policies oblige users to tag “realistic” AI-generated content, and it prohibits malicious AI impersonations of well-known individuals or critical incidents. Any realistic artificial content that is without a tag can be deleted under its community policies.
Additionally, the app will henceforth apply an artificially created label to content made using its built-in AI features, or identified by an collaborative effort for recognizing artificial media. This measure is aimed to deter users from seeking to evade the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is furthermore introducing a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to develop educational content about ethical AI use. This initiative will support charitable organizations dedicated to teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has justified its safety measures, amid debate over proposals to make redundant a large number of content moderators in the United Kingdom. It is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its user protection division in its British office, with worker representatives and online safety experts raising concerns that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A company official explained that human moderation would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by removing the most harmful content prior to it is viewed by humans. The company announced a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content reviewed by human moderators over the last 12 months due to intervention by its machine learning processes.
It is vital to balance people and machines to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we also think it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as swiftly, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
