Users will soon have a new feature that allows them to reduce the quantity of AI-created videos appearing in their timelines. This move comes as the company announced that it now features over 1 bn AI videos.
Pilot Phase and Launch
The new functionality is being tested over the coming weeks before a global launch. This advancement aligns with a increase in AI content, spurred by emerging content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
Recent reports that approximately 10% of the quickest rising channels on another major platform only show clips produced artificially. A significant portion of this output is considered “AI slop”, a phrase for substandard, bulk-generated content that is often absurd or surreal.
Our research shows that many people appreciate content produced via AI tools, from digital art to informative clips, and we aim to offer the community the power to increase or decrease of that, according to their own likes,” commented a platform representative.
Volume and Proportions
The platform disclosed that there are currently 1.3bn videos on its app labeled as made with AI. In total, more than 100 million pieces of content are uploaded to the service every day, making AI-generated material a limited portion 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 content preference option in the application and picking AI-made media. Other topics that currently be adjusted under the filter encompass politics, fashion, cosmetics, and choreography.
Content Labeling and Policies
The platform’s policies oblige content makers to label convincing artificially created content, and it prohibits malicious fake videos of public figures or crisis events. Any believable artificial content that is unmarked can be taken down under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the service will henceforth attach an artificially created tag to content produced via its built-in AI features, or detected by an cross-platform project for identifying artificial media. This action is intended to deter users from attempting to bypass the tagging system.
Educational Initiatives
The company is additionally establishing a $2m AI literacy fund for experts and organizations to produce learning resources about using AI responsibly. This program will benefit charitable organizations specializing in teaching programming and robotics.
Platform Protection
TikTok has supported its moderation strategy, amid discussion over intentions to cut jobs for hundreds of content moderators in the United Kingdom. The company is set to eliminate a significant number of roles in its content moderation team in London, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists voicing alarm that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A trust and safety lead explained that people-led review would remain essential, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by eliminating the most distressing content prior to it is viewed by staff. The platform announced a significant reduction in explicit and harmful content handled by safety staff over the previous year due to the use of its AI tools.
“We think that it’s essential to combine people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we also think it’s highly necessary to reduce exposure to unsafe media as swiftly, which is why a lot of the machine support is really helping us work at speed.”
