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Roblox is censoring chats with AI

Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and ph...

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Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be "translated into more respectful language that remains closer to the user's original intent."

For instance, if a user posts "Hurry TF up!" in chat, Roblox's AI will alter the message to say "Hurry up!" instead. Whenever this happens, Roblox says "everyone in the chat is notified that the text has been rephrased to keep things civil. …

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