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Users will soon have a new feature that permits them to reduce the quantity of AI-created media appearing in their timelines. This initiative comes as the company revealed that it currently hosts more than 1 billion content made with AI.

Trial and Implementation

The update is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a widespread rollout. This shift coincides with a increase in content created by AI, fueled by new content generation software.

AI Proliferation Online

It has been noted that almost 10% of the quickest rising channels on another major platform primarily display content made by AI. A considerable share of this output is classified as low-quality AI content, a term for poor-quality, bulk-generated content that is frequently absurd or surreal.

Based on user feedback that a lot of users appreciate content created using AI tools, including digital art to informative clips, and we want to give people the power to see more or less of that, depending on their own preferences,” commented a company executive.

Volume and Proportions

The service shared that there are presently over a billion videos on its app tagged as AI-generated. In total, more than 100 mn pieces of content are submitted to the service each day, making AI-generated material a relatively small percentage of its overall inventory.

Customizing Your Feed

Viewers will be in a position to decrease or raise the volume of AI content they watch by accessing the topic control feature in the app and selecting the AI content topic. Other topics that are already be adjusted under the tool encompass current affairs, clothing, aesthetics, and dance.

Content Labeling and Policies

The platform’s guidelines require content makers to tag lifelike AI-generated content, and it forbids malicious fake videos of public figures or emergencies. Any believable AI video that is without a tag can be deleted under its community policies.

Furthermore, the service will now apply an “AI-made” tag to content made using its built-in AI features, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying content made by AI. This step is aimed to deter users from attempting to evade the disclosure requirement.

Educational Initiatives

The platform is also introducing a two million dollar educational fund for specialists and organizations to develop learning resources about ethical AI use. This program will benefit educational bodies specializing in teaching computer science.

Content Safety Approach

TikTok has supported its moderation strategy, during debate over plans to cut jobs for a large number of safety staff in the United Kingdom. The company is expected to cut a significant number of roles in its content moderation department in its British office, with worker representatives and digital protection specialists expressing worry that humans are being replaced by machine-led review.

A trust and safety lead explained that staff-based oversight would continue to be important, but AI can shield workers by filtering out the most harmful content ahead of it is viewed by humans. The platform announced a notable drop in shocking and graphic content reviewed by content reviewers over the previous year due to reliance on its automated systems.

“We think that it’s essential to combine humans and technology to ensure user safety,” the official commented. “We’ll have people as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s highly necessary to limit contact with harmful content as quickly as possible, which is where a lot of the machine support is proving valuable process content quickly.”