Users will soon have a fresh option that allows them to lessen the quantity of AI-made videos appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the service revealed that it currently hosts in excess of 1 thousand million AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
This change is in a pilot phase over the following weeks before a widespread launch. This shift aligns with a increase in content created by AI, fueled by new content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
It has been noted that almost one in 10 of the fastest-growing content creators on another major platform exclusively feature content made by AI. A significant portion of this material is deemed “AI slop”, a phrase for inferior, mass-produced content that is typically absurd or bizarre.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers like content made with AI tools, from computer-generated images to educational videos, and we intend to provide users the option to adjust the amount of that, based on their own preferences,” stated a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The platform disclosed that there are currently over a billion videos on its app labeled as made with AI. Overall, over 100 mn videos are submitted to the platform each day, making AI content a relatively small part of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be in a position to reduce or increase the volume of AI content they see by opening the “manage topic” feature in the platform and choosing the AI content topic. Further subjects that can already be adjusted under the tool include politics, fashion, cosmetics, and movement.
AI Disclosure Rules
TikTok’s policies mandate content makers to tag “realistic” AI-generated content, and it bans harmful AI impersonations of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any believable artificial content that is not labeled can be removed under its community policies.
Additionally, the platform will from now on add an artificially created tag to content created with its own AI tools, or flagged by an collaborative effort for spotting AI-generated material. This step is designed to stop users from trying to circumvent the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is additionally introducing a two million dollar educational fund for professionals and institutions to produce educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will assist educational bodies focused on teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has defended its safety measures, amid debate over plans to cut jobs for numerous review team members in Britain. The company is planning to eliminate 439 jobs in its trust and safety department in its British office, with labor groups and internet security professionals voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A trust and safety lead explained that human moderation would still have a role, but automated tools can safeguard staff by filtering out the most distressing content prior to it gets reviewed by staff. The company reported a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by human moderators over the past year due to intervention by its automated systems.
It is vital to balance staff and AI to ensure user safety,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we additionally believe it’s extremely critical to minimize viewing of unsafe media as swiftly, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us work at speed.”
