Users will soon have a fresh option that allows them to cut down on the quantity of AI-created videos appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the platform announced that it now features over 1 bn AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The update is in a pilot phase over the following weeks before a widespread launch. This development aligns with a rise in content created by AI, fueled by new content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
Studies have shown that approximately 10% of the most rapidly expanding channels on a competing service exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A considerable share of this content is considered “AI slop”, a term for poor-quality, factory-style content that is often nonsensical or dreamlike.
Based on user feedback that a lot of users appreciate content made with AI tools, including AI artwork to educational videos, and we intend to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, depending on their own preferences,” stated a spokesperson.
Scale of AI Content
TikTok shared that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its network identified as made with AI. In total, more than 100 mn videos are uploaded to the platform daily, making clips made by AI a relatively small percentage of its complete catalog.
Customizing Your Feed
Members will be capable of reduce or increase the level of AI content they view by accessing the topic control option in the application and picking “AI-generated content”. Additional categories that can already be adjusted under the setting cover politics, style, aesthetics, and choreography.
AI Disclosure Rules
The platform’s guidelines oblige creators to tag “realistic” AI-generated content, and it prohibits malicious fake videos of celebrities or critical incidents. Any authentic-looking AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be taken down under its terms of service.
Additionally, the service will from now on apply an AI-generated watermark to content created with its own AI tools, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for spotting AI-generated material. This action is intended to help prevent users from trying to circumvent the labeling process.
Educational Initiatives
The company is additionally establishing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to produce educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will support non-profit groups specializing in training computer science.
Content Safety Approach
The video-sharing app has defended its safety measures, following debate over intentions to cut jobs for a large number of review team members in Britain. The company is set to reduce hundreds of positions in its content moderation department in London, with labor groups and digital protection specialists expressing worry that people are being substituted by automated systems.
A company official stated that human moderation would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can shield workers by eliminating the most graphic content ahead of it has to be seen by staff. The company stated a 76% decrease in explicit and harmful content reviewed by safety staff over the past year due to reliance on its automated systems.
“We think that it’s essential to combine humans and technology to ensure user safety,” the executive stated. “We’ll have people as integral to the approach, but we also think it’s very important to limit contact with unsafe media as swiftly, which is why a significant AI assistance is proving valuable process content quickly.”
