Users will soon have a updated setting that allows them to lessen the volume of AI-created media appearing in their feeds. This move comes as the service announced that it now features more than 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the following weeks before a widespread release. This advancement aligns with a rise in AI content, driven by recent content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
Studies have shown that nearly 10% of the fastest-growing channels on another major platform only show clips produced artificially. A large amount of this content is deemed “AI slop”, a term for poor-quality, factory-style content that is often absurd or dreamlike.
Our research shows that many people like content made with AI tools, from digital art to science explainers, and we aim to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own likes,” said a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
TikTok shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its app identified as artificially created. Overall, in excess of 100 mn pieces of content are added to the platform every day, making AI content a limited portion of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be in a position to decrease or raise the level of AI-generated videos they watch by accessing the content preference feature in the platform and picking the AI content topic. Additional categories that currently be modified under the filter cover current affairs, fashion, cosmetics, and movement.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s policies require users to tag convincing artificially created content, and it forbids dangerous AI impersonations of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any believable AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be removed under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the platform will henceforth add an “AI-made” label to content made using its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an cross-platform project for spotting content made by AI. This measure is designed to stop users from attempting to bypass the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is additionally launching a $2 million educational fund for specialists and organizations to create learning resources about ethical AI use. This initiative will benefit charitable organizations specializing in teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has defended its moderation strategy, following discussion over intentions to cut jobs for numerous review team members in the United Kingdom. TikTok is set to eliminate hundreds of positions in its trust and safety team in its British office, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists expressing worry that humans are being replaced by machine-led review.
A company official clarified that people-led review would still have a role, but automated tools can safeguard staff by eliminating the most harmful content before it has to be seen by humans. TikTok stated a notable drop in explicit and harmful content handled by content reviewers over the last 12 months due to the use of its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to balance staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to limit contact with harmful content as swiftly, which is where a significant AI assistance is proving valuable work at speed.”
