The platform is rolling out a new feature that allows them to reduce the amount of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their streams. This move comes as the company disclosed that it presently contains more than 1 thousand million AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a full-scale rollout. This development comes amid a increase in AI-generated material, driven by recent video-generation tools.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that nearly a tenth of the most rapidly expanding channels on a popular video site exclusively feature content made by AI. A significant portion of this output is classified as mass-produced AI material, a phrase for substandard, bulk-generated content that is typically absurd or dreamlike.
“We know from our community that many people like content created using AI tools, including digital art to educational videos, and we intend to give people the ability to see more or less of that, based on their own choices,” said a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The service disclosed that there are now 1.3bn videos on its service identified as artificially created. In total, more than 100 mn videos are uploaded to the platform each day, making clips made by AI a limited part of its complete catalog.
How to Adjust Settings
Members will be capable of limit or boost the volume of AI-generated videos they watch by opening the content preference feature in the application and choosing the AI content topic. Additional categories that currently be modified under the tool encompass news, style, cosmetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s policies oblige content makers to tag lifelike AI-generated content, and it bans dangerous deepfakes of well-known individuals or critical incidents. Any believable AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be deleted under its terms of service.
In addition, the platform will from now on attach an “AI-made” watermark to content produced via its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an cross-platform project for identifying AI-generated material. This step is aimed to stop users from trying to circumvent the tagging system.
AI Literacy Programs
TikTok is additionally introducing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for professionals and institutions to develop informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will support educational bodies specializing in teaching computer science.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its content review process, amid discussion over intentions to make redundant hundreds of safety staff in the UK. TikTok is planning to cut 439 jobs in its user protection department in the UK capital, with worker representatives and internet security professionals expressing worry that humans are being replaced by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead explained that human moderation would remain essential, but AI can shield workers by removing the most distressing content prior to it has to be seen by humans. The platform stated a notable drop in shocking and graphic content handled by safety staff over the previous year due to the use of its AI tools.
“We think that it’s essential to integrate people and machines to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to harmful content as swiftly, which is the area in which a extensive automated help is proving valuable work at speed.”
