Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to lessen the amount of AI-made videos appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts over 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Trial and Implementation
The update is being tested over the next few weeks before a widespread release. This development comes amid a rise in AI-generated material, fueled by emerging content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
It has been noted that approximately one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding channels on a popular video site primarily display content made by AI. A significant portion of this material is considered “AI slop”, a term for poor-quality, factory-style content that is often nonsensical or bizarre.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers like content made with AI tools, including AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to offer the community the power to see more or less of that, according to their own likes,” said a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
The service disclosed that there are currently 1.3bn videos on its service identified as artificially created. Collectively, in excess of 100 m videos are submitted to the app daily, making clips made by AI a relatively small percentage of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Viewers will be capable of reduce or increase the level of AI content they watch by using the content preference option in the application and selecting “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that can already be controlled under the tool include news, style, beauty, and choreography.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s policies oblige content makers to identify convincing artificially created content, and it forbids harmful fake videos of celebrities or crisis events. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be removed under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the service will henceforth add an artificially created tag to content produced via its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for spotting AI-generated material. This action is intended to deter users from attempting to evade the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is additionally establishing a $2 million educational fund for specialists and organizations to produce learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will support non-profit groups specializing in training computer science.
Content Safety Approach
The video-sharing app has defended its content review process, amid controversy over proposals to make redundant hundreds of review team members in the UK. TikTok is planning to eliminate hundreds of positions in its content moderation division in its British office, with labor groups and digital protection specialists expressing worry that humans are being replaced by machine-led review.
A trust and safety lead stated that people-led review would still have a role, but automated tools can protect employees by removing the most graphic content prior to it gets reviewed by humans. The platform reported a 76% decrease in disturbing and violent content seen by content reviewers over the past year due to intervention by its machine learning processes.
It is vital to balance staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s extremely critical to limit contact with unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is where a lot of the machine support is making a difference process content quickly.”
