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TikTok is introducing a new feature that allows them to reduce the amount of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their feeds. This initiative comes as the service revealed that it presently contains over 1 billion content made with AI.

Pilot Phase and Launch

This change is undergoing trials over the coming weeks before a global launch. This advancement aligns with a increase in content created by AI, driven by new content generation software.

AI Proliferation Online

Studies have shown that almost 10% of the quickest rising video streams on a competing service only show clips produced artificially. A significant portion of this output is deemed mass-produced AI material, a label for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is frequently illogical or bizarre.

“We know from our community that many people appreciate content produced via AI tools, ranging from computer-generated images to science explainers, and we intend to provide users the option to see more or less of that, depending on their own choices,” commented a platform representative.

AI on the Platform

TikTok announced that there are presently 1.3 billion videos on its service labeled as artificially created. In total, over 100 million videos are uploaded to the service every day, making AI content a limited part of its overall inventory.

How to Adjust Settings

Viewers will be in a position to reduce or increase the level of artificial media they view by accessing the content preference setting in the application and choosing the AI content topic. Further subjects that can already be controlled under the tool cover news, style, beauty, and dance.

AI Disclosure Rules

The platform’s policies oblige creators to tag convincing AI-made content, and it forbids dangerous fake videos of celebrities or crisis events. Any realistic AI video that is without a tag can be taken down under its user guidelines.

Additionally, the platform will now apply an artificially created label to content produced via its built-in AI features, or detected by an collaborative effort for identifying content made by AI. This measure is aimed to stop users from attempting to circumvent the tagging system.

AI Literacy Programs

The platform is also launching a $2m AI literacy fund for specialists and institutions to produce educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will assist non-profit groups dedicated to teaching programming and robotics.

Platform Protection

TikTok has justified its content review process, during controversy over proposals to make redundant hundreds of safety staff in Britain. TikTok is planning to eliminate hundreds of positions in its content moderation division in the UK capital, with trade unions and internet security professionals raising concerns that people are being substituted by machine-led review.

A company official stated that people-led review would remain essential, but AI can safeguard staff by removing the most harmful content before it has to be seen by humans. The company stated a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content handled by content reviewers over the past year due to the use of its automated systems.

“We think that it’s essential to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” she said. “We’ll have people as involved in the system, but we further consider it’s very important to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is why a lot of the machine support is proving valuable operate efficiently.”