Users will soon have a fresh option that enables them to reduce the volume of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the service revealed that it presently contains more than 1 billion AI videos.
Trial and Implementation
The update is in a pilot phase over the coming weeks before a full-scale launch. This advancement aligns with a surge in content created by AI, fueled by new AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Recent reports that almost a tenth of the quickest rising video streams on a popular video site exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this content is classified as “AI slop”, a phrase for poor-quality, factory-style content that is typically nonsensical or surreal.
“We know from our community that numerous viewers appreciate content created using AI tools, including computer-generated images to educational videos, and we want to offer the community the option to see more or less of that, depending on their own preferences,” commented a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform disclosed that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its service tagged as made with AI. Overall, in excess of 100 m videos are added to the service every day, making AI content a relatively small portion of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be in a position to decrease or raise the volume of AI-generated videos they view by opening the topic control setting in the platform and picking “AI-generated content”. Other topics that can already be controlled under the tool include current affairs, clothing, aesthetics, and dance.
AI Disclosure Rules
TikTok’s policies oblige content makers to tag lifelike AI-made content, and it prohibits malicious fake videos of celebrities or crisis events. Any authentic-looking AI video that is without a tag can be deleted under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the service will now apply an AI-generated tag to content created with its built-in AI features, or flagged by an industry-wide initiative for spotting content made by AI. This measure is aimed to stop users from trying to evade the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The company is additionally introducing a $2 million educational fund for specialists and institutions to produce educational content about ethical AI use. This initiative will support charitable organizations focused on training coding and technology.
Moderation Strategy
The platform has supported its content review process, amid discussion over intentions to cut jobs for hundreds of review team members in the United Kingdom. It is set to cut hundreds of positions in its trust and safety division in the UK capital, with worker representatives and online safety experts voicing alarm that people are being substituted by machine-led review.
A trust and safety lead stated that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but artificial intelligence can shield workers by removing the most graphic content prior to it gets reviewed by humans. The platform stated a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content reviewed by content reviewers over the past year due to the use of its machine learning processes.
“We think that it’s essential to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of harmful content as swiftly, which is where a extensive automated help is proving valuable operate efficiently.”
