Users will soon have a updated setting that allows them to cut down on the volume of AI-created videos appearing in their streams. This step comes as the company disclosed that it now features more than 1 billion content made with AI.
Testing and Rollout
The update is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a global release. This shift aligns with a increase in AI content, fueled by new AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
Studies have shown that almost a tenth of the most rapidly expanding channels on a popular video site exclusively feature content made by AI. A large amount of this content is deemed “AI slop”, a label for substandard, bulk-generated content that is typically illogical or surreal.
“We know from our community that many people like content created using AI tools, from digital art to science explainers, and we aim to offer the community the ability to see more or less of that, based on their own likes,” stated a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
The platform shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its app labeled as artificially created. Collectively, more than 100 m media items are uploaded to the service each day, making AI-generated material a relatively small portion of its complete catalog.
How to Adjust Settings
Users will be in a position to limit or boost the level of AI content they see by using the topic control option in the platform and choosing “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that are already be modified under the tool cover current affairs, fashion, cosmetics, and movement.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s rules require users to identify convincing AI-generated content, and it forbids harmful fake videos of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is not labeled can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the service will from now on add an “AI-made” tag to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an collaborative effort for recognizing content made by AI. This measure is designed to deter users from attempting to bypass the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is additionally introducing a $2 million AI literacy fund for experts and organizations to produce learning resources about using AI responsibly. This initiative will benefit charitable organizations dedicated to educating computer science.
Platform Protection
The video-sharing app has defended its safety measures, during controversy over plans to cut jobs for hundreds of content moderators in the UK. It is set to eliminate a significant number of roles in its content moderation department in its British office, with trade unions and internet security professionals voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by automated systems.
A company official explained that staff-based oversight would remain essential, but AI can safeguard staff by filtering out the most graphic content before it is viewed by humans. TikTok stated a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content seen by human moderators over the last 12 months due to the use of its machine learning processes.
We believe it is crucial to balance people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” the executive stated. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s very important to reduce exposure to dangerous material as quickly as possible, which is where a significant AI assistance is proving valuable process content quickly.”
