Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to cut down on the amount of AI-created content appearing in their streams. This step comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts in excess of 1 bn AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the following weeks before a full-scale launch. This advancement aligns with a rise in content created by AI, spurred by emerging AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
Studies have shown that almost a tenth of the fastest-growing content creators on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this material is deemed low-quality AI content, a label for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is often illogical or bizarre.
Based on user feedback that a lot of users like content produced via AI tools, including AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to give people the ability to see more or less of that, depending on their own choices,” said a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
The service shared that there are now over a billion videos on its app tagged as AI-generated. In total, more than 100 million videos are uploaded to the service daily, making AI content a limited percentage of its total content library.
User Control Features
Users will be capable of decrease or raise the amount of artificial media they view by using the topic control option in the app and selecting the AI content topic. Further subjects that can already be adjusted under the tool cover current affairs, clothing, aesthetics, and choreography.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s guidelines oblige users to tag convincing artificially created content, and it bans harmful fake videos of celebrities or crisis events. Any believable artificial content that is without a tag can be deleted under its community policies.
Furthermore, the app will from now on attach an AI-generated label to content made using its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an cross-platform project for recognizing artificial media. This measure is intended to help prevent users from seeking to bypass the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is furthermore launching a $2 million educational fund for specialists and organizations to develop educational content about ethical AI use. This project will support charitable organizations specializing in educating computer science.
Content Safety Approach
TikTok has defended its safety measures, during debate over plans to make redundant numerous safety staff in Britain. TikTok is expected to eliminate 439 jobs in its content moderation division in London, with labor groups and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by automated systems.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would still have a role, but AI can protect employees by filtering out the most graphic content before it has to be seen by staff. The company stated a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content reviewed by human moderators over the past year due to reliance on its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to balance humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we also think it’s extremely critical to minimize viewing of dangerous material as rapidly, which is why a extensive automated help is proving valuable process content quickly.”
