Users will soon have a fresh option that allows them to cut down on the volume of AI-created content appearing in their streams. This step comes as the platform revealed that it currently hosts over 1 bn AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The new functionality is in a pilot phase over the following weeks before a global release. This advancement comes amid a increase in content created by AI, driven by recent video-generation tools.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that nearly a tenth of the fastest-growing content creators on another major platform exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this material is classified as low-quality AI content, a term for poor-quality, factory-style content that is typically illogical or bizarre.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers like content made with AI tools, including digital art to informative clips, and we aim to give people the power to increase or decrease of that, based on their own choices,” commented a spokesperson.
Volume and Proportions
The service disclosed that there are now 1.3bn videos on its app tagged as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 m videos are uploaded to the platform daily, making AI-generated material a minor portion of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be capable of reduce or increase the amount of AI-generated videos they see by using the “manage topic” option in the application and picking “AI-generated content”. Other topics that are already be adjusted under the tool include politics, fashion, cosmetics, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s guidelines oblige creators to tag “realistic” AI-made content, and it bans malicious fake videos of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any realistic artificial content that is not labeled can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the platform will now add an “AI-made” label to content created with its own AI tools, or flagged by an cross-platform project for recognizing AI-generated material. This measure is intended to stop users from attempting to bypass the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
TikTok is also introducing a $2m educational fund for specialists and organizations to produce informative material about using AI responsibly. This project will benefit charitable organizations focused on educating coding and technology.
Content Safety Approach
TikTok has defended its moderation strategy, during discussion over plans to make redundant numerous review team members in Britain. The company is planning to reduce hundreds of positions in its trust and safety department in its British office, with labor groups and online safety experts voicing alarm that humans are being replaced by machine-led review.
A senior executive stated that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by eliminating the most graphic content before it gets reviewed by staff. TikTok reported a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content reviewed by safety staff over the past year due to intervention by its AI tools.
“We think that it’s essential to combine staff and AI to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as involved in the system, but we also think it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of dangerous material as quickly as possible, which is why a significant AI assistance is really helping us operate efficiently.”
