AI Insights: AI News, Eyewitness Accounts TikTok Adds Feature to Filter Out AI Beauty Filters
Nov 21, 2025
TikTok has rolled out a feature allowing users to block AI beauty filters, promoting a healthier online experience. Alongside this, the platform introduces new controls to manage AI-generated content, enabling users to adjust their experience with a simple slider. Jaden discusses the impact of user engagement on TikTok's algorithm and highlights the rise of realistic AI videos across various platforms. Additionally, TikTok is investing in AI literacy with a $2 million fund to educate users about AI effects and features.
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TikTok's UGC Identity Is Shifting
- TikTok's feed shifted from purely user-generated authenticity to a mix that now includes AI-generated content.
- Jaden Schaefer argues this change challenges the platform's original UGC-driven style and realism.
Users Can Hard-Code AI Content Preferences
- TikTok added AIGC controls so users can tune how much AI content appears in their For You feed.
- The move hard-codes user preferences regardless of past engagement signals, Jaden notes.
Engagement Feeds The Algorithm
- Jaden shares how engaging with content trains TikTok's algorithm to show more of it.
- He recounts people complaining about spam yet fueling it by commenting and interacting with that content.