Users will soon have a updated setting that allows them to cut down on the amount of AI-created content appearing in their streams. This move comes as the service announced that it presently contains over 1 bn content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
This change is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a full-scale release. This development comes amid a surge in content created by AI, fueled by new AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
It has been noted that approximately 10% of the fastest-growing channels on a competing service primarily display content made by AI. A considerable share of this output is classified as low-quality AI content, a term for poor-quality, factory-style content that is typically nonsensical or dreamlike.
Our research shows that a lot of users enjoy content made with AI tools, including computer-generated images to science explainers, and we intend to offer the community the ability to adjust the amount of that, according to their own choices,” said a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform disclosed that there are now over a billion videos on its network tagged as artificially created. In total, over 100 mn pieces of content are uploaded to the app every day, making clips made by AI a limited part of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Users will be capable of limit or boost the volume of artificial media they see by accessing the “manage topic” option in the platform and picking the AI content topic. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the setting include current affairs, clothing, cosmetics, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s rules oblige users to tag “realistic” AI-made content, and it forbids malicious deepfakes of celebrities or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the service will henceforth add an “AI-made” label to content produced via its built-in AI features, or identified by an collaborative effort for recognizing artificial media. This action is designed to help prevent users from attempting to circumvent the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is additionally launching a $2m educational fund for specialists and groups to create learning resources about using AI responsibly. This project will assist charitable organizations focused on teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its moderation strategy, following debate over intentions to make redundant a large number of review team members in the United Kingdom. The company is expected to eliminate hundreds of positions in its content moderation department in its British office, with trade unions and online safety experts raising concerns that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A senior executive clarified that human moderation would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content ahead of it gets reviewed by humans. The company stated a notable drop in explicit and harmful content handled by safety staff over the last 12 months due to reliance on its AI tools.
It is vital to balance people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s highly necessary to limit contact with harmful content as swiftly, which is where a significant AI assistance is really helping us process content quickly.”
