TikTok is introducing a fresh option that allows them to reduce the volume of AI-made content appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the company disclosed that it presently contains in excess of 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
This change is being tested over the following weeks before a full-scale release. This development comes amid a increase in AI-generated material, spurred by recent content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
Studies have shown that almost one in 10 of the fastest-growing channels on a popular video site exclusively feature clips produced artificially. A considerable share of this output is classified as “AI slop”, a phrase for substandard, factory-style content that is often nonsensical or bizarre.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers enjoy content made with AI tools, including AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to give people the ability to adjust the amount of that, according to their own preferences,” commented a company executive.
AI on the Platform
The platform disclosed that there are now over a billion videos on its network tagged as artificially created. Overall, more than 100 mn videos are uploaded to the app every day, making clips made by AI a minor portion of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Viewers will be able to decrease or raise the amount of AI content they view by using the “manage topic” option in the app and picking “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that are already be adjusted under the setting cover politics, clothing, beauty, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
The platform’s policies mandate users to identify convincing artificially created content, and it forbids harmful AI impersonations of well-known individuals or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is without a tag can be taken down under its terms of service.
Furthermore, the service will from now on add an “AI-made” label to content made using its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an collaborative effort for spotting AI-generated material. This measure is aimed to help prevent users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
TikTok is additionally introducing a two million dollar awareness program for specialists and institutions to produce informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will support non-profit groups focused on training programming and robotics.
Content Safety Approach
The video-sharing app has defended its content review process, amid debate over plans to cut jobs for a large number of content moderators in Britain. It is expected to eliminate a significant number of roles in its trust and safety division in the UK capital, with trade unions and online safety experts voicing alarm that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A senior executive explained that human moderation would continue to be important, but automated tools can shield workers by eliminating the most graphic content before it has to be seen by people. The company stated a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content seen by human moderators over the past year due to intervention by its machine learning processes.
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 very important to limit contact with unsafe media as rapidly, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is proving valuable process content quickly.”
