Users will soon have a fresh option that enables them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the platform disclosed that it currently hosts in excess of 1 billion AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
This change is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global rollout. This advancement coincides with a increase in AI content, fueled by new video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that almost 10% of the most rapidly expanding content creators on a competing service exclusively feature content made by AI. A considerable share of this output is considered “AI slop”, a term for substandard, mass-produced content that is often absurd or bizarre.
“We know from our community that a lot of users like content created using AI tools, including computer-generated images to informative clips, and we intend to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, based on their own likes,” stated a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok disclosed that there are now over a billion videos on its app tagged as made with AI. Collectively, more than 100 million pieces of content are uploaded to the service daily, making clips made by AI a limited part of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Viewers will be capable of limit or boost the level of AI content they watch by opening the “manage topic” feature in the application and choosing “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that are already be controlled under the setting include news, clothing, cosmetics, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s policies require content makers to tag lifelike artificially created content, and it bans dangerous deepfakes of public figures or critical incidents. Any believable artificial content that is unmarked can be deleted under its terms of service.
Additionally, the app will now apply an artificially created tag to content made using its own AI tools, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for spotting artificial media. This measure is aimed to stop users from trying to circumvent the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is also establishing a $2 million AI literacy fund for professionals and organizations to develop informative material about ethical AI use. This project will benefit educational bodies focused on training computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has defended its moderation strategy, following discussion over plans to lay off hundreds of safety staff in the United Kingdom. The company is set to eliminate hundreds of positions in its user protection department in its British office, with labor groups and online safety experts voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by machine-led review.
A trust and safety lead clarified that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but automated tools can shield workers by eliminating the most distressing content ahead of it has to be seen by humans. The company announced a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the past year due to reliance on its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to balance staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of unsafe media as rapidly, which is the area in which a significant AI assistance is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
