Users will soon have a fresh option that permits them to cut down on the amount of AI-made content appearing in their streams. This move comes as the company revealed that it presently contains in excess of 1 billion content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
The new functionality is being tested over the next few weeks before a global rollout. This shift comes amid a increase in AI content, spurred by new AI video creators.
The Broader AI Trend
It has been noted that almost a tenth of the most rapidly expanding video streams on another major platform exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this material is classified as low-quality AI content, a phrase for substandard, bulk-generated content that is often illogical or bizarre.
Our research shows that numerous viewers enjoy content produced via AI tools, from digital art to informative clips, and we aim to provide users the ability to increase or decrease of that, based on their own choices,” said a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
The service announced that there are now over a billion videos on its network labeled as AI-generated. Collectively, more than 100 m pieces of content are submitted to the app every day, making AI content a relatively small portion of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Users will be able to limit or boost the volume of artificial media they watch by opening the “manage topic” setting in the application and picking “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that are already be modified under the filter include politics, clothing, beauty, and dance.
Content Labeling and Policies
The platform’s rules mandate users to tag convincing AI-made content, and it bans malicious fake videos of well-known individuals or critical incidents. Any believable AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be taken down under its community policies.
Furthermore, the app will now add an AI-generated tag to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or identified by an cross-platform project for recognizing AI-generated material. This step is aimed to deter users from trying to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is also establishing a $2m AI literacy fund for experts and institutions to create informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will benefit charitable organizations dedicated to training programming and robotics.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its content review process, following controversy over proposals to lay off hundreds of content moderators in the United Kingdom. TikTok is planning to eliminate hundreds of positions in its user protection division in London, with worker representatives and online safety experts raising concerns that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A senior executive explained that human moderation would continue to be important, but automated tools can shield workers by eliminating the most distressing content before it has to be seen by humans. The company announced a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content handled by human moderators over the past year due to reliance on its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to combine people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to limit contact with dangerous material as quickly as possible, which is where a extensive automated help is really helping us operate efficiently.”
