Users will soon have a updated setting that enables them to cut down on the amount of AI-created media appearing in their streams. This move comes as the company announced that it now features in excess of 1 billion content made with AI.
Trial and Implementation
This change is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global release. This development comes amid a rise in AI-generated material, driven by new AI video creators.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that approximately a tenth of the fastest-growing video streams on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this content is considered low-quality AI content, a label for substandard, mass-produced content that is often illogical or dreamlike.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers like content made with AI tools, including computer-generated images to informative clips, and we intend to offer the community the power to increase or decrease of that, according to their own choices,” commented a platform representative.
AI on the Platform
TikTok announced that there are currently over a billion videos on its app labeled as artificially created. In total, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are uploaded to the platform daily, making AI content a minor percentage of its overall inventory.
User Control Features
Viewers will be in a position to reduce or increase the volume of artificial media they view by opening the “manage topic” setting in the app and choosing “AI-generated content”. Further subjects that can already be controlled under the setting cover news, fashion, beauty, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s rules oblige creators to tag convincing artificially created content, and it bans malicious AI impersonations of celebrities or emergencies. Any believable artificial content that is without a tag can be removed under its terms of service.
In addition, the app will henceforth attach an artificially created label to content created with its own AI tools, or identified by an collaborative effort for recognizing AI-generated material. This action is intended to help prevent users from seeking to bypass the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is furthermore introducing a two million dollar educational fund for experts and organizations to create learning resources about ethical AI use. This program will benefit educational bodies focused on training computer science.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has defended its moderation strategy, during debate over plans to make redundant hundreds of content moderators in the UK. TikTok is expected to eliminate a significant number of roles in its content moderation team in its British office, with labor groups and internet security professionals raising concerns that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A senior executive explained that people-led review would remain essential, but automated tools can safeguard staff by filtering out the most distressing content before it gets reviewed by staff. The platform reported a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by human moderators over the past year due to the use of its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have humans as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s extremely critical to limit contact with unsafe media as swiftly, which is where a lot of the machine support is proving valuable process content quickly.”
