TikTok is introducing a fresh option that permits them to cut down on the quantity of AI-made videos appearing in their streams. This move comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts over 1 billion AI-generated clips.
Testing and Rollout
The new functionality is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a widespread launch. This shift aligns with a surge in content created by AI, spurred by new video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that nearly 10% of the quickest rising content creators on a competing service exclusively feature content made by AI. A considerable share of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a term for substandard, factory-style content that is typically absurd or surreal.
Based on user feedback that a lot of users like content produced via AI tools, including digital art to educational videos, and we intend to offer the community the ability to see more or less of that, depending on their own likes,” said a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The service announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its app identified as AI-generated. Collectively, more than 100 m pieces of content are uploaded to the app each day, making clips made by AI a limited portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be in a position to reduce or increase the volume of artificial media they view by accessing the “manage topic” option in the application and choosing AI-made media. Other topics that currently be modified under the setting encompass politics, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s guidelines require content makers to label “realistic” AI-generated content, and it prohibits malicious fake videos of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any believable AI video that is not labeled can be removed under its community policies.
Furthermore, the app will now apply an artificially created watermark to content made using its own AI tools, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for identifying artificial media. This step is designed to deter users from seeking to bypass the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is furthermore establishing a $2m awareness program for professionals and organizations to create learning resources about ethical AI use. This initiative will assist educational bodies focused on educating programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has supported its moderation strategy, amid controversy over intentions to make redundant a large number of safety staff in the United Kingdom. The company is planning to eliminate 439 jobs in its content moderation division in London, with labor groups and internet security professionals raising concerns that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but AI can safeguard staff by eliminating the most graphic content before it has to be seen by humans. TikTok stated a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the past year due to the use of its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to integrate staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with harmful content as swiftly, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us operate efficiently.”
