Users will soon have a updated setting that enables them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the company disclosed that it now features in excess of 1 bn AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is in a pilot phase over the next few weeks before a full-scale release. This shift coincides with a surge in AI content, fueled by recent content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that approximately one in 10 of the fastest-growing channels on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this material is deemed mass-produced AI material, a label for inferior, factory-style content that is typically illogical or surreal.
Our research shows that a lot of users appreciate content created using AI tools, from AI artwork to informative clips, and we aim to offer the community the ability to adjust the amount of that, according to their own preferences,” said a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok disclosed that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its network identified as made with AI. Overall, over 100 mn media items are uploaded to the platform daily, making AI-generated material a relatively small percentage of its complete catalog.
How to Adjust Settings
Users will be capable of decrease or raise the amount of artificial media they see by using the topic control option in the application and picking AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the setting include news, fashion, cosmetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s rules oblige creators to label “realistic” artificially created content, and it prohibits malicious deepfakes of celebrities or crisis events. Any believable AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be removed under its terms of service.
Additionally, the platform will henceforth add an artificially created tag to content made using its own AI tools, or flagged by an industry-wide initiative for recognizing artificial media. This step is aimed to deter users from seeking to circumvent the labeling process.
Educational Initiatives
The company is additionally introducing a $2 million AI literacy fund for specialists and groups to develop learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will assist non-profit groups focused on educating coding and technology.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has defended its content review process, during discussion over plans to make redundant hundreds of review team members in the United Kingdom. The company is set to reduce 439 jobs in its trust and safety team in London, with labor groups and online safety experts raising concerns that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead clarified that human moderation would still have a role, but AI can shield workers by eliminating the most distressing content ahead of it is viewed by staff. The platform stated a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content reviewed by human moderators over the last 12 months due to the use of its automated systems.
It is vital to integrate humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” she said. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is really helping us process content quickly.”
