Users will soon have a fresh option that allows them to reduce the amount of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the company revealed that it currently hosts in excess of 1 bn AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the next few weeks before a widespread release. This shift aligns with a surge in content created by AI, fueled by recent AI video creators.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that nearly a tenth of the most rapidly expanding content creators on another major platform only show content made by AI. A significant portion of this material is classified as mass-produced AI material, a phrase for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is typically illogical or bizarre.
“We know from our community that a lot of users like content produced via AI tools, including digital art to informative clips, and we want to give people the power to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” said a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
The service announced that there are now over a billion videos on its network identified as AI-generated. Collectively, over 100 mn videos are submitted to the platform each day, making AI-generated material a minor part of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be in a position to reduce or increase the amount of AI content they watch by accessing the content preference setting in the platform and selecting AI-made media. Other topics that are already be controlled under the setting cover news, clothing, beauty, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
The platform’s rules require users to label convincing AI-made content, and it bans dangerous fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the app will now attach an “AI-made” tag to content produced via its own AI tools, or identified by an collaborative effort for identifying AI-generated material. This measure is intended to help prevent users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is also launching a $2m educational fund for experts and groups to create learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will support non-profit groups focused on training programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
The platform has justified its content review process, amid debate over intentions to make redundant a large number of content moderators in Britain. The company is set to reduce hundreds of positions in its trust and safety team in the UK capital, with labor groups and online safety experts raising concerns that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but automated tools can shield workers by removing the most harmful content ahead of it is viewed by humans. The company stated a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content handled by safety staff over the past year due to the use of its automated systems.
It is vital to balance staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s very important to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us work at speed.”
