Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to lessen the quantity of AI-made content appearing in their timelines. This move comes as the platform disclosed that it presently contains over 1 thousand million content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a global release. This advancement coincides with a rise in AI-generated material, spurred by recent content generation software.
The Broader AI Trend
Recent reports that approximately a tenth of the quickest rising channels on another major platform primarily display content made by AI. A considerable share of this output 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 created using AI tools, including digital art to educational videos, and we want to offer the community the option to increase or decrease of that, according to their own preferences,” said a company executive.
AI on the Platform
The platform announced that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its network tagged as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 mn videos are submitted to the app each day, making clips made by AI a relatively small percentage of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Viewers will be able to limit or boost the level of AI content they watch by opening the content preference setting in the platform and picking AI-made media. Further subjects that can already be adjusted under the tool include current affairs, fashion, aesthetics, and movement.
Content Labeling and Policies
TikTok’s rules mandate users to identify lifelike AI-generated content, and it forbids malicious deepfakes of well-known individuals or critical incidents. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be removed under its community policies.
In addition, the service will from now on apply an AI-generated label to content created with its own AI tools, or flagged by an collaborative effort for recognizing content made by AI. This measure is designed to deter users from seeking to circumvent the labeling process.
Educational Initiatives
TikTok is furthermore introducing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for experts and groups to create educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will support educational bodies dedicated to educating coding and technology.
Platform Protection
The platform has defended its content review process, during debate over plans to lay off numerous content moderators in the UK. It is planning to eliminate a significant number of roles in its content moderation team in the UK capital, with labor groups and internet security professionals voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by machine-led review.
A company official stated that human moderation would continue to be important, but automated tools can safeguard staff by removing the most distressing content prior to it gets reviewed by humans. The company stated a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the previous year due to intervention by its AI tools.
It is vital to integrate humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the executive stated. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we also think it’s highly necessary to limit contact with unsafe media as swiftly, which is where a significant AI assistance is really helping us process content quickly.”
