The platform is rolling out a new feature that enables them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the platform disclosed that it currently hosts over 1 bn AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global release. This development aligns with a increase in AI content, driven by new AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that almost a tenth of the quickest rising content creators on a popular video site primarily display AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this material is classified as “AI slop”, a phrase for substandard, bulk-generated content that is often absurd or surreal.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers appreciate content created using AI tools, from computer-generated images to science explainers, and we intend to give people the ability to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own preferences,” commented a company executive.
AI on the Platform
The service shared that there are now 1.3bn videos on its network identified as AI-generated. Collectively, more than 100 m pieces of content are uploaded to the app daily, making clips made by AI a minor portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be in a position to decrease or raise the amount of AI content they view by opening the “manage topic” option in the app and picking the AI content topic. Further subjects that are already be adjusted under the setting include news, fashion, beauty, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
The platform’s policies oblige creators to identify convincing AI-made content, and it bans dangerous fake videos of celebrities or emergencies. Any authentic-looking AI video that is not labeled can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the app will now apply an AI-generated watermark to content made using its built-in AI features, or flagged by an industry-wide initiative for identifying content made by AI. This step is intended to help prevent users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Responsible AI Funding
The platform is furthermore launching a $2 million educational fund for specialists and institutions to produce learning resources about using AI responsibly. This project will support educational bodies specializing in educating programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has justified its content review process, during discussion over proposals to make redundant a large number of safety staff in Britain. TikTok is set to cut a significant number of roles in its trust and safety department in its British office, with labor groups and online safety experts expressing worry that staff are being displaced by AI moderation.
A company official stated that human moderation would remain essential, but automated tools can protect employees by removing the most graphic content prior to it has to be seen by people. The platform reported a notable drop in disturbing and violent content seen by human moderators over the last 12 months due to reliance on its AI tools.
It is vital to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s extremely critical to limit contact with unsafe media as rapidly, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is making a difference work at speed.”
