TikTok is introducing a new feature that enables them to lessen the quantity of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the service disclosed that it presently contains over 1 billion content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
This change is in a pilot phase over the following weeks before a full-scale launch. This development aligns with a surge in content created by AI, driven by recent AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that approximately one in 10 of the most rapidly expanding content creators on a competing service only show clips produced artificially. A significant portion of this material is classified as “AI slop”, a term for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is frequently absurd or bizarre.
“We know from our community that a lot of users enjoy content created using AI tools, from AI artwork to informative clips, and we intend to provide users the option to see more or less of that, based on their own preferences,” stated a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform announced that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its service tagged as made with AI. In total, over 100 mn media items are submitted to the app every day, making AI-generated material a relatively small part of its total content library.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be in a position to limit or boost the volume of AI content they view by accessing the “manage topic” feature in the application and picking “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that can already be adjusted under the tool encompass current affairs, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
Content Labeling and Policies
The platform’s policies require users to tag “realistic” AI-generated content, and it prohibits dangerous AI impersonations of public figures or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the app will henceforth attach an “AI-made” label to content created with its built-in AI features, or detected by an cross-platform project for identifying content made by AI. This measure is designed to deter users from attempting to circumvent the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
The platform is furthermore launching a two million dollar awareness program for professionals and groups to create learning resources about using AI responsibly. This initiative will benefit educational bodies specializing in training computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its moderation strategy, during controversy over plans to cut jobs for a large number of review team members in the United Kingdom. It is set to cut 439 jobs in its trust and safety team in London, with labor groups and digital protection specialists expressing worry that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by filtering out the most distressing content ahead of it gets reviewed by staff. The platform stated a notable drop in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the previous year due to intervention by its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to balance staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to reduce exposure to unsafe media as swiftly, which is why a extensive automated help is proving valuable process content quickly.”
