Overview

• AI Alive allows TikTok users worldwide to transform static photos into short animated videos using text-based instructions.
• The feature is exclusively available through TikTok's Story Camera and embeds C2PA metadata to verify AI-generated content.
• TikTok employs multi-stage automated and manual reviews to ensure compliance with its content guidelines before publication.
• The video generation process takes a few minutes, with occasional misinterpretation of user prompts reported by some users.
• While the feature is globally launched, regional accessibility remains uneven, with Germany yet to gain access.