Users will soon have a new feature that permits them to cut down on the volume of AI-made videos appearing in their streams. This initiative comes as the service disclosed that it presently contains over 1 bn content made with AI.
Testing and Rollout
The new functionality is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a widespread rollout. This advancement comes amid a increase in content created by AI, fueled by recent content generation software.
AI Proliferation Online
It has been noted that nearly one in 10 of the fastest-growing video streams on a competing service only show content made by AI. A significant portion of this content is deemed low-quality AI content, a phrase for inferior, bulk-generated content that is frequently absurd or dreamlike.
Based on user feedback that numerous viewers like content made with AI tools, including computer-generated images to informative clips, and we want to offer the community the ability to adjust the amount of that, based on their own choices,” commented a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok disclosed that there are now 1.3bn videos on its service tagged as made with AI. In total, over 100 million pieces of content are uploaded to the service every day, making AI-generated material a limited part of its overall inventory.
Customizing Your Feed
Viewers will be capable of limit or boost the volume of AI-generated videos they see by opening the “manage topic” option in the app and picking the AI content topic. Additional categories that can already be adjusted under the tool include news, clothing, aesthetics, and movement.
Content Labeling and Policies
The platform’s guidelines oblige content makers to tag convincing AI-made content, and it bans dangerous fake videos of public figures or critical incidents. Any realistic AI-generated clip that is unmarked can be removed under its user guidelines.
Additionally, the platform will from now on add an “AI-made” watermark to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for spotting AI-generated material. This action is intended to help prevent users from attempting to circumvent the labeling process.
Responsible AI Funding
The company is furthermore launching a $2 million educational fund for specialists and institutions to produce educational content about using AI responsibly. This initiative will assist non-profit groups specializing in educating computer science.
Moderation Strategy
The video-sharing app has supported its safety measures, amid discussion over intentions to cut jobs for a large number of safety staff in the UK. The company is set to reduce a significant number of roles in its content moderation division in London, with labor groups and online safety experts voicing alarm that people are being substituted by AI moderation.
A company official stated that human moderation would remain essential, but artificial intelligence can shield workers by filtering out the most distressing content before it is viewed by staff. The company announced a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content handled by safety staff over the past year due to intervention by its automated systems.
We believe it is crucial to balance people and machines to ensure user safety,” the executive stated. “We’ll have staff as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of harmful content as quickly as possible, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is proving valuable process content quickly.”
