The platform is rolling out a fresh option that allows them to cut down on the volume of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the service revealed that it presently contains more than 1 thousand million AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The new functionality is in a pilot phase over the next few weeks before a widespread launch. This shift comes amid a rise in AI content, fueled by new video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that almost one in 10 of the quickest rising channels on a competing service exclusively feature content made by AI. A considerable share of this output is considered “AI slop”, a term for inferior, mass-produced content that is often illogical or bizarre.
Our research shows that a lot of users appreciate content made with AI tools, ranging from AI artwork to educational videos, and we aim to offer the community the power to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own likes,” stated a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
TikTok shared that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its service identified as made with AI. Collectively, over 100 m media items are uploaded to the app daily, making clips made by AI a limited percentage of its overall inventory.
How to Adjust Settings
Users will be in a position to limit or boost the volume of AI content they watch by opening the “manage topic” option in the application and picking AI-made media. Additional categories that are already be controlled under the setting cover politics, fashion, aesthetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s guidelines require creators to label convincing AI-made content, and it prohibits malicious deepfakes of public figures or critical incidents. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
In addition, the platform will henceforth attach an “AI-made” label to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an collaborative effort for spotting content made by AI. This action is aimed to deter users from seeking to circumvent the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is additionally establishing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for professionals and institutions to create informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will assist non-profit groups focused on teaching programming and robotics.
Content Safety Approach
The video-sharing app has justified its moderation strategy, following controversy over plans to cut jobs for a large number of content moderators in Britain. TikTok is set to reduce hundreds of positions in its trust and safety division in the UK capital, with trade unions and internet security professionals voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A senior executive explained that people-led review would remain essential, but automated tools can safeguard staff by removing the most harmful content before it is viewed by humans. The platform reported a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by safety staff over the previous year due to reliance on its automated systems.
It is vital to balance staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as swiftly, which is where a significant AI assistance is really helping us process content quickly.”
