TikTok is introducing a new feature that enables them to lessen the volume of AI-created content appearing in their streams. This step comes as the service revealed that it presently contains over 1 billion content made with AI.
Testing and Rollout
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the next few weeks before a full-scale rollout. This advancement comes amid a rise in AI-generated material, spurred by recent content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that approximately one in 10 of the fastest-growing channels on a competing service only show content made by AI. A significant portion of this content is considered low-quality AI content, a term for inferior, bulk-generated content that is frequently absurd or surreal.
“We know from our community that many people enjoy content produced via AI tools, including digital art to science explainers, and we want to give people the power to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own choices,” commented a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok announced that there are now 1.3bn videos on its app labeled as AI-generated. Overall, over 100 m media items are submitted to the service each day, making clips made by AI a relatively small portion of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be in a position to decrease or raise the amount of artificial media they watch by opening the topic control option in the platform and picking AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the tool include politics, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s guidelines oblige creators to tag convincing AI-generated content, and it bans malicious fake videos of celebrities or critical incidents. Any realistic AI video that is not labeled can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the platform will henceforth apply an artificially created label to content produced via its own AI tools, or flagged by an collaborative effort for recognizing AI-generated material. This action is aimed to deter users from trying to bypass the labeling process.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is also introducing a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and groups to produce learning resources about ethical AI use. This program will benefit educational bodies dedicated to teaching computer science.
Content Safety Approach
TikTok has defended its content review process, during discussion over intentions to lay off a large number of safety staff in the UK. It is set to reduce hundreds of positions in its content moderation department in London, with labor groups and internet security professionals raising concerns that humans are being replaced by automated systems.
A company official stated that people-led review would remain essential, but automated tools can shield workers by filtering out the most distressing content before it is viewed by people. The platform reported a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content reviewed by human moderators over the past year due to reliance on its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to integrate people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s very important to reduce exposure to dangerous material as rapidly, which is why a extensive automated help is making a difference process content quickly.”
