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TikTok is introducing a new feature that enables them to reduce the volume of artificial intelligence-produced content appearing in their feeds. This step comes as the platform revealed that it presently contains in excess of 1 bn content made with AI.

Pilot Phase and Launch

The update is undergoing trials over the next few weeks before a full-scale rollout. This shift comes amid a increase in AI content, spurred by emerging AI video creators.

The Broader AI Trend

It has been noted that nearly one in 10 of the quickest rising content creators on a popular video site only show content made by AI. A significant portion of this material is deemed “AI slop”, a term for substandard, factory-style content that is typically nonsensical or dreamlike.

Our research shows that a lot of users enjoy content made with AI tools, ranging from digital art to educational videos, and we want to give people the option to increase or decrease of that, according to their own preferences,” stated a spokesperson.

Volume and Proportions

TikTok disclosed that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its network tagged as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 million videos are uploaded to the platform daily, making AI-generated material a limited part of its overall inventory.

Customizing Your Feed

Users will be capable of decrease or raise the amount of AI-generated videos they watch by using the topic control setting in the app and picking “AI-generated content”. Other topics that are already be modified under the filter include politics, fashion, beauty, and choreography.

Platform Guidelines

Its policies mandate creators to tag convincing AI-generated content, and it forbids harmful fake videos of well-known individuals or crisis events. Any believable AI-generated clip that is without a tag can be deleted under its terms of service.

Additionally, the platform will from now on attach an AI-generated tag to content made using its own AI tools, or identified by an cross-platform project for identifying AI-generated material. This measure is intended to help prevent users from trying to bypass the disclosure requirement.

Educational Initiatives

The company is furthermore establishing a two million dollar AI literacy fund for professionals and groups to develop educational content about responsible artificial intelligence. This initiative will benefit charitable organizations specializing in teaching computer science.

Moderation Strategy

The video-sharing app has justified its moderation strategy, amid controversy over plans to make redundant a large number of content moderators in the UK. TikTok is planning to cut a significant number of roles in its user protection team in the UK capital, with worker representatives and internet security professionals voicing alarm that staff are being displaced by AI moderation.

A company official clarified that people-led review would continue to be important, but automated tools can shield workers by eliminating the most harmful content before it is viewed by people. The company reported a significant reduction in disturbing and violent content seen by human moderators over the last 12 months due to reliance on its machine learning processes.

It is vital to combine humans and technology to keep the platform safe,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we also think it’s highly necessary to minimize viewing of unsafe media as quickly as possible, which is the area in which a extensive automated help is proving valuable work at speed.”