TikTok is introducing a fresh option that enables them to lessen the volume of AI-created content appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the platform disclosed that it presently contains more than 1 bn content made with AI.
Pilot Phase and Launch
This change is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global launch. This advancement coincides with a surge in AI-generated material, driven by emerging content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that almost a tenth of the quickest rising channels on a popular video site only show AI-generated videos. A large amount of this output is classified as “AI slop”, a label for inferior, bulk-generated content that is frequently illogical or surreal.
Our research shows that numerous viewers appreciate content created using AI tools, including AI artwork to informative clips, and we aim to offer the community the ability to adjust the amount of that, depending on their own preferences,” said a company executive.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok disclosed that there are currently 1.3bn videos on its network identified as made with AI. Overall, over 100 million pieces of content are uploaded to the app every day, making clips made by AI a relatively small portion of its total content library.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be able to decrease or raise the volume of artificial media they view by accessing the content preference option in the app and picking the AI content topic. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the tool encompass current affairs, fashion, beauty, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s policies oblige users to identify convincing AI-generated content, and it prohibits dangerous AI impersonations of public figures or crisis events. Any realistic artificial content that is without a tag can be deleted under its community policies.
In addition, the service will from now on add an AI-generated tag to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying AI-generated material. This step is intended to help prevent users from attempting to evade the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is also introducing a $2m educational fund for specialists and institutions to develop educational content about ethical AI use. This initiative will benefit educational bodies dedicated to teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its moderation strategy, following discussion over proposals to lay off a large number of content moderators in Britain. TikTok is planning to cut hundreds of positions in its user protection department in its British office, with labor groups and internet security professionals expressing worry that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A senior executive stated that people-led review would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by removing the most graphic content prior to it has to be seen by people. TikTok stated a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content seen by safety staff over the past year due to intervention by its machine learning processes.
We believe it is crucial to balance people and machines to ensure user safety,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is the area in which a extensive automated help is really helping us process content quickly.”
