The TikTok short-form video hosting service application is seen on a mobile device on March 14, 2024.
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TikTok ramps up labeling of AI content
TikTok will ramp up how it handles artificial intelligence (AI) generated content by adding labels to contentuploaded from other platforms, the company said Thursday.
The update is part of TikTok’s broader push to combat AI-driven misinformation, our colleague Filip Timotija reported.
To label the content, TikTok is partnering with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a project that supplies resources necessary to identify AI-generated content.
TikTok said it will use C2PA’s “Content Credentials” technology, which attaches metadata to content that indicates to users it is AI-generated. The feature is available for both images and videos starting Thursday but will be coming “soon” for audio-only content, according to TikTok’s announcement.
TikTok’s decision comes as other platforms are also aiming to increase transparency of AI on their platforms. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said in February it will start labeling more AI-generated content and remove some that violate its policies.
TikTok already labels content made with tools inside the app.
More than 25,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the recent deaths of two Boeing whistleblowers as the company remains under intense scrutiny. The petition, organized by the progressive advocacy group MoveOn, urges the DOJ to investigate the deaths of John Barnett and Joshua Dean. Barnett, a 32-year veteran of Boeing who blew the whistle on safety and …
Ascension Health announced Thursday it had been hit with a cyberattack, just months after data was stolen from a third of the country in a separate breach. In a statement Thursday, Ascension said it detected unusual activity on “select technology network systems” on Wednesday, May 8, which is now believed to be a cybersecurity threat. Ascension Health is one of the largest hospital chains in the country, and the largest Catholic …
The first Neuralink implant in a human malfunctioned after several threads recording neural activity retracted from the brain, the Elon Musk-owned startup revealed Wednesday. The threads retracted in the weeks following the surgery in late January that placed the Neuralink hardware in 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh’s brain, the company said in a blog post. This reduced the number of effective electrodes and the …
News we’ve flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics:
Apple’s new iPad ad upsets creative audience
An ad for Apple’s new iPad Pro, which shows an industrial compressor flattening instruments, paint cans and a bust before revealing the new tablet, has not been well-received by the company’s creative audience, The New York Times reported.
Vice Media plans to relaunch digital properties
Vice Media plans to relaunch its digital properties, including Vice.com, Munchies, Motherboard and Noisey, through a joint venture with Savage Ventures, Axios reported.
In Other News
Branch out with other reads on The Hill:
Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving accidents and deaths after nearly two decades of pressing the measure. Gov. Josh …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed two measures into law on Thursday that are aimed at better protecting personal data online from Big Tech, including a bill making Maryland the second state to try to create strong limits on information collected on children. The measure, known …
The cross-examination of Stormy Daniels in former President Trump’s hush money trial concluded earlier Thursday but her testimony was still being debated … Read more
China, Russia and Iran are among the foreign adversaries ramping up their efforts to influence the 2024 election with campaigns being aided by artificial … Read more
