Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to cut down on the amount of AI-made media appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the service disclosed that it presently contains more than 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is in a pilot phase over the next few weeks before a global release. This shift aligns with a increase in AI content, driven by new AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that nearly 10% of the fastest-growing content creators on another major platform exclusively feature clips produced artificially. A considerable share of this output is considered “AI slop”, a label for poor-quality, mass-produced content that is often absurd or bizarre.
Our research shows that a lot of users appreciate content produced via AI tools, from AI artwork to science explainers, and we want to offer the community the ability to increase or decrease of that, according to their own preferences,” commented a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
The service shared that there are presently over a billion videos on its service identified as artificially created. Collectively, in excess of 100 mn media items are added to the app every day, making AI content a minor part of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Members will be able to limit or boost the level of AI-generated videos they watch by using the topic control feature in the application and picking the AI content topic. Additional categories that can already be adjusted under the tool encompass news, style, cosmetics, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its guidelines mandate content makers to identify lifelike AI-made content, and it forbids malicious AI impersonations of public figures or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is not labeled can be taken down under its community policies.
Furthermore, the service will now add an AI-generated watermark to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an cross-platform project for identifying artificial media. This step is aimed to deter users from attempting to evade the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is additionally introducing a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to develop educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will benefit non-profit groups specializing in training computer science.
Platform Protection
TikTok has defended its content review process, following discussion over plans to make redundant a large number of review team members in the United Kingdom. TikTok is set to eliminate a significant number of roles in its content moderation division in the UK capital, with labor groups and internet security professionals voicing alarm that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead explained that staff-based oversight would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can shield workers by eliminating the most distressing content ahead of it gets reviewed by people. TikTok reported a notable drop in disturbing and violent content reviewed by content reviewers over the past year due to intervention by its AI tools.
It is vital to combine humans and technology to ensure user safety,” she said. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of dangerous material as quickly as possible, which is where a significant AI assistance is really helping us work at speed.”
