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Users will soon have a new feature that enables them to reduce the amount of AI-created media appearing in their streams. This move comes as the platform disclosed that it presently contains over 1 bn AI videos.

Testing and Rollout

This change is being tested over the next few weeks before a global release. This shift aligns with a increase in AI content, driven by new AI video creators.

AI Content on Other Platforms

Recent reports that nearly a tenth of the quickest rising video streams on a popular video site primarily display content made by AI. A significant portion of this material is classified as low-quality AI content, a term for substandard, bulk-generated content that is typically illogical or bizarre.

Based on user feedback that many people like content produced via AI tools, from digital art to educational videos, and we intend to offer the community the ability to adjust the amount of that, based on their own preferences,” said a spokesperson.

Volume and Proportions

The service shared that there are currently 1.3 billion videos on its network tagged as made with AI. In total, in excess of 100 mn videos are uploaded to the service each day, making AI-generated material a relatively small portion of its complete catalog.

How to Adjust Settings

Users will be able to decrease or raise the volume of AI-generated videos they see by opening the topic control setting in the application and selecting the AI content topic. Other topics that currently be controlled under the tool cover current affairs, style, beauty, and movement.

AI Disclosure Rules

TikTok’s guidelines mandate users to label convincing AI-generated content, and it forbids harmful AI impersonations of celebrities or critical incidents. Any believable AI video that is without a tag can be deleted under its community policies.

Furthermore, the service will from now on attach an “AI-made” watermark to content created with its own AI tools, or flagged by an cross-platform project for identifying artificial media. This step is designed to stop users from attempting to circumvent the disclosure requirement.

Educational Initiatives

TikTok is also launching a $2 million AI literacy fund for specialists and groups to create learning resources about using AI responsibly. This initiative will assist non-profit groups focused on educating coding and technology.

Moderation Strategy

TikTok has justified its moderation strategy, following debate over intentions to make redundant hundreds of safety staff in the United Kingdom. It is planning to cut a significant number of roles in its user protection division in London, with labor groups and internet security professionals raising concerns that people are being substituted by AI moderation.

A senior executive stated that staff-based oversight would still have a role, but artificial intelligence can protect employees by filtering out the most graphic content ahead of it has to be seen by humans. The company reported a significant reduction in shocking and graphic content handled by content reviewers over the past year due to reliance on its machine learning processes.

It is vital to integrate humans and technology to ensure user safety,” she said. “We’ll have staff as part of that process, but we additionally believe it’s very important to minimize viewing of dangerous material as rapidly, which is where a significant AI assistance is proving valuable operate efficiently.”