The platform is rolling out a fresh option that permits them to cut down on the volume of AI-created content appearing in their streams. This step comes as the company disclosed that it presently contains more than 1 thousand million AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The update is being tested over the next few weeks before a full-scale release. This shift aligns with a rise in AI content, spurred by recent video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the quickest rising channels on another major platform exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this content is classified as “AI slop”, a phrase for inferior, factory-style content that is frequently absurd or bizarre.
Our research shows that many people enjoy content made with AI tools, including computer-generated images to educational videos, and we intend to offer the community the option to see more or less of that, based on their own choices,” commented a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok disclosed that there are presently 1.3bn videos on its app tagged as made with AI. Collectively, more than 100 million media items are uploaded to the service each day, making AI-generated material a limited portion of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be able to decrease or raise the level of artificial media they watch by using the “manage topic” option in the app and selecting the AI content topic. Other topics that can already be adjusted under the tool encompass politics, clothing, beauty, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s rules require users to label convincing AI-generated content, and it bans harmful fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the service will now attach an artificially created tag to content produced via its built-in AI features, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for identifying AI-generated material. This action is aimed to deter users from seeking to bypass the tagging system.
Responsible AI Funding
The company is also introducing a $2m educational fund for experts and institutions to create educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will benefit charitable organizations dedicated to teaching coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has supported its moderation strategy, amid debate over proposals to make redundant numerous content moderators in the UK. The company is expected to reduce hundreds of positions in its content moderation team in the UK capital, with worker representatives and internet security professionals expressing worry that staff are being displaced by AI moderation.
A company official stated that people-led review would continue to be important, but automated tools can protect employees by filtering out the most graphic content before it is viewed by people. The company reported a 76% decrease in shocking and graphic content seen by human moderators over the last 12 months due to the use of its machine learning processes.
We believe it is crucial to combine staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we also think it’s extremely critical to reduce exposure to unsafe media as swiftly, which is where a lot of the machine support is proving valuable process content quickly.”
