Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to reduce the volume of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the service announced that it currently hosts in excess of 1 bn AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a widespread rollout. This development comes amid a increase in content created by AI, fueled by emerging AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
It has been noted that almost one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding video streams on another major platform only show clips produced artificially. A significant portion of this content is considered “AI slop”, a term for substandard, bulk-generated content that is often nonsensical or surreal.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers like content produced via AI tools, ranging from AI artwork to educational videos, and we want to offer the community the power to increase or decrease of that, according to their own preferences,” said a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok announced that there are now 1.3bn videos on its network tagged as artificially created. In total, more than 100 m media items are submitted to the service each day, making AI content a limited percentage of its overall inventory.
How to Adjust Settings
Viewers will be in a position to limit or boost the volume of AI content they watch by using the content preference option in the platform and selecting AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be controlled under the setting encompass politics, clothing, aesthetics, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s rules require content makers to tag “realistic” artificially created content, and it prohibits malicious deepfakes of public figures or crisis events. Any believable artificial content that is without a tag can be removed under its terms of service.
In addition, the platform will from now on add an “AI-made” watermark to content made using its built-in AI features, or flagged by an cross-platform project for spotting content made by AI. This step is designed to help prevent users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is also establishing a $2 million awareness program for specialists and groups to develop learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will assist charitable organizations dedicated to teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has defended its safety measures, during discussion over plans to make redundant numerous content moderators in Britain. TikTok is expected to eliminate hundreds of positions in its trust and safety division in London, with worker representatives and internet security professionals expressing worry that staff are being displaced by automated systems.
A company official clarified that human moderation would remain essential, but automated tools can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content prior to it has to be seen by staff. TikTok announced a notable drop in disturbing and violent content seen by content reviewers over the last 12 months due to the use of its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have people as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of harmful content as rapidly, which is why a extensive automated help is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
