Users will soon have a updated setting that permits them to lessen the volume of AI-made content appearing in their streams. This step comes as the platform disclosed that it now features more than 1 thousand million AI-generated clips.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The update is in a pilot phase over the following weeks before a full-scale launch. This advancement coincides with a surge in content created by AI, driven by emerging AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that almost a tenth of the fastest-growing channels on a competing service exclusively feature content made by AI. A large amount of this content is considered mass-produced AI material, a term for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is typically nonsensical or dreamlike.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers like content created using AI tools, including computer-generated images to science explainers, and we intend to provide users the option to adjust the amount of that, based on their own likes,” said a company executive.
Volume and Proportions
The service disclosed that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its app tagged as artificially created. Collectively, more than 100 million media items are submitted to the platform each day, making AI-generated material a minor part of its complete catalog.
How to Adjust Settings
Users will be able to reduce or increase the volume of artificial media they watch by opening the topic control setting in the platform and picking “AI-generated content”. Other topics that are already be adjusted under the filter cover news, fashion, cosmetics, and movement.
Platform Guidelines
The platform’s rules oblige creators to label “realistic” AI-made content, and it forbids harmful AI impersonations of celebrities or emergencies. Any authentic-looking AI video that is not labeled can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the platform will from now on attach an “AI-made” tag to content created with its proprietary AI systems, or flagged by an cross-platform project for spotting artificial media. This measure is aimed to stop users from trying to evade the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is furthermore launching a $2m AI literacy fund for experts and organizations to create learning resources about responsible artificial intelligence. This program will support non-profit groups dedicated to educating coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
TikTok has justified its safety measures, during discussion over proposals to make redundant hundreds of review team members in the United Kingdom. It is planning to reduce hundreds of positions in its user protection department in its British office, with labor groups and online safety experts expressing worry that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A trust and safety lead explained that human moderation would continue to be important, but automated tools can safeguard staff by removing the most graphic content ahead of it is viewed by humans. The platform reported a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content seen by content reviewers over the past year due to the use of its AI tools.
It is vital to combine people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” the official commented. “We’ll have humans as part of that process, but we further consider it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of dangerous material as rapidly, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us operate efficiently.”
