Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to cut down on the amount of artificial intelligence-produced media appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the company disclosed that it now features over 1 billion AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
This change is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global release. This shift aligns with a increase in content created by AI, spurred by new AI video creators.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that almost 10% of the fastest-growing channels on another major platform primarily display AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this output is considered low-quality AI content, a phrase for substandard, factory-style content that is typically nonsensical or dreamlike.
“We know from our community that many people appreciate content produced via AI tools, ranging from digital art to science explainers, and we intend to offer the community the option to see more or less of that, based on their own preferences,” said a platform representative.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok announced that there are presently 1.3bn videos on its network identified as artificially created. Collectively, over 100 mn media items are submitted to the app each day, making AI content a limited percentage of its complete catalog.
User Control Features
Users will be in a position to limit or boost the volume of artificial media they see by accessing the “manage topic” feature in the app and selecting the AI content topic. Additional categories that are already be modified under the setting include current affairs, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s rules oblige users to label lifelike AI-generated content, and it forbids dangerous fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any realistic artificial content that is without a tag can be removed under its user guidelines.
In addition, the app will now apply an artificially created label to content created with its built-in AI features, or detected by an cross-platform project for identifying content made by AI. This measure is intended to stop users from trying to evade the disclosure requirement.
AI Literacy Programs
The company is furthermore launching a two million dollar AI literacy fund for experts and organizations to create informative material about using AI responsibly. This initiative will assist non-profit groups specializing in training coding and technology.
Platform Protection
The platform has supported its safety measures, during controversy over proposals to cut jobs for hundreds of content moderators in Britain. It is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its trust and safety team in the UK capital, with worker representatives and online safety experts expressing worry that staff are being displaced by AI moderation.
A senior executive explained that people-led review would still have a role, but AI can protect employees by eliminating the most graphic content prior to it gets reviewed by staff. The company announced a 76% decrease in shocking and graphic content seen by content reviewers over the last 12 months due to intervention by its AI tools.
“We think that it’s essential to integrate staff and AI to maintain a secure environment,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to reduce exposure to harmful content as quickly as possible, which is where a significant AI assistance is really helping us operate efficiently.”
