Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to lessen the volume of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the service revealed that it currently hosts more than 1 billion content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a widespread launch. This development comes amid a rise in AI content, spurred by recent video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that approximately a tenth of the most rapidly expanding channels on a popular video site primarily display clips produced artificially. A considerable share of this material is considered mass-produced AI material, a phrase for substandard, factory-style content that is typically nonsensical or bizarre.
Our research shows that numerous viewers enjoy content produced via AI tools, including computer-generated images to informative clips, and we aim to provide users the ability to see more or less of that, depending on their own preferences,” stated a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
The platform shared that there are currently over a billion videos on its service tagged as artificially created. Collectively, over 100 mn media items are uploaded to the service each day, making clips made by AI a limited portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be capable of reduce or increase the amount of AI-generated videos they view by accessing the “manage topic” setting in the app and picking AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be modified under the tool include current affairs, clothing, beauty, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s policies mandate users to identify convincing AI-generated content, and it forbids malicious AI impersonations of public figures or crisis events. Any realistic AI video that is not labeled can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the app will now add an “AI-made” label to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or identified by an industry-wide initiative for identifying content made by AI. This measure is intended to help prevent users from seeking to evade the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is also introducing a two million dollar educational fund for experts and institutions to create educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will support educational bodies dedicated to teaching computer science.
Platform Protection
The platform has defended its content review process, following controversy over proposals to lay off numerous safety staff in the United Kingdom. It is set to eliminate hundreds of positions in its trust and safety division in its British office, with labor groups and online safety experts raising concerns that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A company official clarified that human moderation would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can shield workers by eliminating the most harmful content ahead of it gets reviewed by humans. The platform reported a notable drop in explicit and harmful content seen by human moderators over the previous year due to intervention by its AI tools.
“We think that it’s essential to balance staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s highly necessary to limit contact with dangerous material as swiftly, which is where a lot of the machine support is really helping us process content quickly.”
