The platform is rolling out a fresh option that permits them to reduce the amount of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the company revealed that it now features in excess of 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
This change is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a full-scale release. This development coincides with a increase in AI-generated material, driven by new AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that nearly a tenth of the quickest rising content creators on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this material is classified as mass-produced AI material, a label for inferior, bulk-generated content that is typically illogical or surreal.
“We know from our community that a lot of users like content produced via AI tools, including computer-generated images to educational videos, and we want to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, based on their own likes,” stated a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform announced that there are presently 1.3bn videos on its app tagged as artificially created. In total, over 100 million pieces of content are uploaded to the service each day, making AI-generated material a relatively small part of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be capable of decrease or raise the level of artificial media they view by accessing the “manage topic” feature in the platform and selecting “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that currently be controlled under the filter include news, style, cosmetics, and dance.
Platform Guidelines
Its policies oblige creators to tag “realistic” AI-generated content, and it bans harmful fake videos of celebrities or critical incidents. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is not labeled can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the service will henceforth apply an artificially created watermark to content produced via its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying AI-generated material. This action is designed to help prevent users from attempting to circumvent the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is furthermore launching a two million dollar educational fund for professionals and organizations to produce learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will support non-profit groups dedicated to teaching coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its content review process, amid debate over proposals to make redundant hundreds of content moderators in Britain. TikTok is set to reduce 439 jobs in its trust and safety team in the UK capital, with trade unions and internet security professionals expressing worry that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead stated that people-led review would remain essential, but AI can safeguard staff by removing the most graphic content before it is viewed by people. The company reported a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content reviewed by human moderators over the past year due to the use of its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to balance humans and technology to ensure user safety,” she said. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to minimize viewing of harmful content as swiftly, which is where a lot of the machine support is proving valuable work at speed.”
