TikTok is introducing a updated setting that enables them to lessen the volume of AI-created videos appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts more than 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the next few weeks before a widespread rollout. This advancement aligns with a rise in AI-generated material, spurred by new content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
It has been noted that nearly one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding video streams on another major platform primarily display content made by AI. A large amount of this material is classified as “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is often absurd or dreamlike.
“We know from our community that many people enjoy content created using AI tools, from digital art to informative clips, and we intend to provide users the ability to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own preferences,” said a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
TikTok shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its network identified as artificially created. Collectively, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are uploaded to the app every day, making clips made by AI a limited part of its overall inventory.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be in a position to limit or boost the volume of AI content they watch by accessing the topic control feature in the app and selecting the AI content topic. Additional categories that can already be modified under the tool include news, style, aesthetics, and movement.
AI Disclosure Rules
Its policies oblige content makers to tag “realistic” AI-made content, and it bans malicious deepfakes of public figures or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be deleted under its terms of service.
Additionally, the service will from now on apply an “AI-made” label to content created with its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for recognizing content made by AI. This step is aimed to help prevent users from seeking to evade the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is also establishing a $2m AI literacy fund for professionals and groups to produce informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will benefit non-profit groups focused on educating programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
TikTok has defended its content review process, during discussion over plans to lay off hundreds of safety staff in Britain. The company is planning to cut hundreds of positions in its user protection division in the UK capital, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead explained that human moderation would still have a role, but automated tools can shield workers by filtering out the most graphic content before it has to be seen by people. The company announced a notable drop in shocking and graphic content seen by human moderators over the last 12 months due to intervention by its automated systems.
It is vital to combine people and machines to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to minimize viewing of dangerous material as quickly as possible, which is where a extensive automated help is really helping us operate efficiently.”
