The platform is rolling out a fresh option that allows them to reduce the quantity of AI-made videos appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the service revealed that it now features over 1 thousand million AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the coming weeks before a full-scale release. This development coincides with a surge in content created by AI, spurred by recent content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that nearly 10% of the quickest rising video streams on a competing service primarily display content made by AI. A significant portion of this content is classified as “AI slop”, a term for poor-quality, factory-style content that is typically illogical or surreal.
Based on user feedback that a lot of users appreciate content created using AI tools, ranging from computer-generated images to informative clips, and we intend to offer the community the power to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own preferences,” commented a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok disclosed that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its service tagged as AI-generated. Collectively, more than 100 m pieces of content are submitted to the platform every day, making clips made by AI a minor portion of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be able to reduce or increase the amount of artificial media they watch by opening the topic control setting in the platform and choosing the AI content topic. Additional categories that are already be controlled under the tool cover politics, style, cosmetics, and movement.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its rules require creators to tag lifelike artificially created content, and it prohibits dangerous fake videos of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any believable artificial content that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the app will from now on attach an AI-generated watermark to content created with its built-in AI features, or detected by an collaborative effort for identifying AI-generated material. This step is aimed to help prevent users from attempting to bypass the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is also establishing a $2 million educational fund for specialists and organizations to create educational content about using AI responsibly. This program will benefit educational bodies focused on teaching coding and technology.
Content Safety Approach
The platform has defended its safety measures, amid controversy over plans to make redundant a large number of safety staff in Britain. It is set to cut 439 jobs in its user protection division in the UK capital, with worker representatives and internet security professionals voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A company official stated that human moderation would still have a role, but automated tools can shield workers by eliminating the most harmful content prior to it gets reviewed by staff. TikTok reported a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content seen by content reviewers over the past year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.
We believe it is crucial to balance humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” she said. “We’ll have people as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s very important to minimize viewing of unsafe media as rapidly, which is why a significant AI assistance is proving valuable process content quickly.”
