TikTok is introducing a new feature that allows them to reduce the quantity of AI-created content appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the service revealed that it currently hosts in excess of 1 billion AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The update is undergoing trials over the next few weeks before a global release. This development aligns with a surge in content created by AI, driven by new content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
Studies have shown that approximately a tenth of the most rapidly expanding video streams on another major platform only show content made by AI. A large amount of this content is considered low-quality AI content, a label for poor-quality, mass-produced content that is often absurd or bizarre.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers appreciate content made with AI tools, from computer-generated images to science explainers, and we intend to provide users the ability to increase or decrease of that, based on their own preferences,” commented a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
The platform disclosed that there are now 1.3 billion videos on its service labeled as artificially created. Collectively, in excess of 100 mn media items are submitted to the app every day, making clips made by AI a minor part of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Users will be capable of reduce or increase the volume of AI-generated videos they view by accessing the content preference setting in the platform and choosing “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that are already be adjusted under the setting encompass news, fashion, beauty, and dance.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s policies mandate creators to tag “realistic” AI-generated content, and it prohibits harmful fake videos of celebrities or emergencies. Any realistic artificial content that is not labeled can be removed under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the service will now attach an AI-generated label to content made using its built-in AI features, or flagged by an industry-wide initiative for spotting AI-generated material. This measure is intended to stop users from trying to evade the labeling process.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is also launching a $2 million awareness program for professionals and organizations to create learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will assist educational bodies focused on educating computer science.
Platform Protection
The platform has supported its moderation strategy, following discussion over intentions to cut jobs for hundreds of review team members in the UK. TikTok is expected to reduce hundreds of positions in its user protection division in the UK capital, with labor groups and online safety experts raising concerns that humans are being replaced by automated systems.
A senior executive stated that human moderation would remain essential, but AI can protect employees by eliminating the most graphic content ahead of it has to be seen by people. The company reported a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content seen by human moderators over the previous year due to reliance on its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to balance humans and technology to maintain a secure environment,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s very important to limit contact with dangerous material as swiftly, which is why a extensive automated help is really helping us work at speed.”
