"Of the accounts that posted content most frequently, half focused on content related to the female body. These AI women are always stereotypically attractive, with sexualised attire or cleavage, the report said. AI Forensics found the accounts did not label half of the content they posted and less than 2% carried the TikTok label for AI content which the nonprofit warned could increase the material's deceptive potential."
"One posted up to 70 times a day or at the same time of day, an indication of an automated account, and most of the accounts were launched at the beginning of the year. Last month TikTok revealed there were at least 1.3bn AI-generated posts on the platform. More than 100m pieces of content are uploaded to the platform every day, indicating that labelled AI material is a small part of TikTok's catalogue."
"AI Forensics found the accounts did not label half of the content they posted and less than 2% carried the TikTok label for AI content which the nonprofit warned could increase the material's deceptive potential. Researchers added that the accounts sometimes escape TikTok's moderation for months, despite posting content barred by its terms of service. Dozens of the accounts revealed in the study have subsequently been deleted, researchers said, indicating that some had been taken down by moderators."
AI Forensics, a Paris-based nonprofit, identified 354 TikTok accounts that published 43,000 generative AI posts and attracted about 4.5 billion views in one month. Many accounts posted at very high frequency, with some publishing up to 70 times daily, and most accounts were launched earlier in the year. Frequent content centered on sexualised portrayals of stereotypically attractive AI women, and some posts appeared as fake news segments with anti-immigrant narratives and sexualisation of apparent minors. Roughly half of posts lacked AI labeling and under 2% carried TikToks AI label, allowing some accounts to evade moderation for months; dozens have since been deleted.
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