Users will soon have a updated setting that allows them to lessen the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their streams. This step comes as the service disclosed that it now features over 1 bn AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The new functionality is in a pilot phase over the following weeks before a widespread launch. This development aligns with a increase in AI content, driven by recent AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Studies have shown that approximately a tenth of the most rapidly expanding content creators on a popular video site exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A large amount of this output is considered mass-produced AI material, a phrase for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is typically absurd or dreamlike.
Based on user feedback that many people like content made with AI tools, ranging from digital art to science explainers, and we intend to offer the community the power to see more or less of that, according to their own choices,” commented a company executive.
AI on the Platform
The platform shared that there are currently 1.3bn videos on its network tagged as AI-generated. Collectively, over 100 mn videos are submitted to the service every day, making clips made by AI a relatively small part of its total content library.
Customizing Your Feed
Users will be capable of decrease or raise the level of AI content they see by using the topic control option in the app and choosing the AI content topic. Other topics that currently be modified under the setting encompass current affairs, clothing, beauty, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s guidelines oblige users to identify lifelike artificially created content, and it prohibits harmful AI impersonations of celebrities or critical incidents. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Furthermore, the service will from now on apply an artificially created tag to content produced via its own AI tools, or detected by an cross-platform project for recognizing AI-generated material. This measure is aimed to deter users from attempting to circumvent the labeling process.
Responsible AI Funding
The platform is also launching a $2 million AI literacy fund for specialists and organizations to develop educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will support charitable organizations specializing in training computer science.
Platform Protection
TikTok has justified its moderation strategy, amid discussion over plans to cut jobs for numerous content moderators in the UK. TikTok is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its trust and safety division in the UK capital, with worker representatives and internet security professionals voicing alarm that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A trust and safety lead explained that human moderation would continue to be important, but AI can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content before it is viewed by humans. TikTok announced a 76% decrease in shocking and graphic content handled by human moderators over the previous year due to intervention by its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to combine staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we also think it’s very important to reduce exposure to dangerous material as rapidly, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us operate efficiently.”
