Users will soon have a fresh option that allows them to lessen the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their streams. This move comes as the service announced that it currently hosts in excess of 1 billion AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
This change is being tested over the next few weeks before a full-scale release. This development comes amid a increase in AI content, fueled by emerging content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that nearly one in 10 of the fastest-growing video streams on a popular video site exclusively feature content made by AI. A large amount of this content is considered low-quality AI content, a label for substandard, mass-produced content that is often nonsensical or bizarre.
“We know from our community that a lot of users enjoy content made with AI tools, from digital art to informative clips, and we intend to offer the community the option to see more or less of that, based on their own likes,” said a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok shared that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its app identified as artificially created. In total, in excess of 100 million pieces of content are added to the service every day, making AI-generated material a minor portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be able to decrease or raise the volume of artificial media they view by using the “manage topic” setting in the platform and selecting “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that can already be controlled under the filter cover politics, style, aesthetics, and movement.
AI Disclosure Rules
TikTok’s guidelines mandate creators to label “realistic” artificially created content, and it prohibits harmful fake videos of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is not labeled can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the app will from now on attach an artificially created label to content produced via its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an cross-platform project for identifying content made by AI. This action is aimed to stop users from seeking to bypass the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is furthermore launching a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to produce educational content about using AI responsibly. This program will assist charitable organizations specializing in training coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has defended its content review process, following controversy over intentions to cut jobs for numerous content moderators in the United Kingdom. It is expected to cut a significant number of roles in its content moderation division in the UK capital, with trade unions and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by automated systems.
A senior executive clarified that staff-based oversight would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by eliminating the most distressing content prior to it is viewed by humans. TikTok announced a 76% decrease in shocking and graphic content handled by human moderators over the previous year due to intervention by its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to integrate staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to limit contact with dangerous material as rapidly, which is where a extensive automated help is really helping us work at speed.”
