TikTok is introducing a new feature that permits them to lessen the quantity of AI-created content appearing in their streams. This step comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts more than 1 bn content made with AI.
Testing and Rollout
This change is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a widespread release. This advancement comes amid a rise in content created by AI, driven by emerging content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that nearly a tenth of the fastest-growing video streams on a competing service only show clips produced artificially. A large amount of this output is deemed “AI slop”, a label for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is often absurd or surreal.
Our research shows that many people enjoy content created using AI tools, ranging from AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to offer the community the option to adjust the amount of that, depending on their own likes,” said a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its service tagged as AI-generated. Collectively, over 100 m media items are uploaded to the platform each day, making AI-generated material a minor part of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be in a position to limit or boost the level of AI content they see by opening the “manage topic” option in the application and choosing the AI content topic. Additional categories that can already be modified under the tool cover current affairs, fashion, beauty, and movement.
Content Labeling and Policies
Its rules oblige creators to label lifelike artificially created content, and it forbids harmful fake videos of public figures or emergencies. Any authentic-looking AI video that is unmarked can be deleted under its user guidelines.
In addition, the platform will henceforth add an AI-generated label to content made using its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an collaborative effort for spotting AI-generated material. This action is designed to deter users from trying to bypass the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is furthermore launching a two million dollar awareness program for experts and organizations to produce educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will assist educational bodies specializing in training computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has supported its content review process, during controversy over intentions to lay off hundreds of review team members in the United Kingdom. The company is expected to reduce 439 jobs in its trust and safety team in the UK capital, with trade unions and digital protection specialists expressing worry that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A senior executive stated that people-led review would remain essential, but AI can shield workers by removing the most distressing content before it is viewed by humans. The company stated a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content reviewed by safety staff over the past year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to balance people and machines to ensure user safety,” she said. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we also think it’s extremely critical to minimize viewing of harmful content as quickly as possible, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is really helping us process content quickly.”
