If you were ever told that you would not last ten minutes in a Modern Warfare 2 lobby,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6brings good news.
Activision has revealed details of theCall of Duty: Black Ops 6AI-based chat filter, which the company hopes will curb thetoxic behavior the franchise has become infamous forsince the earlyXbox Live days.
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AI-based voice moderation systems made theirCall of Dutydebut in 2023withModern Warfare 3. Activision has contracted the aptly named ToxMod software from Modulate to do the job.
ToxMod can cover up to 18 languages and tries to track the “language of love"Call of Dutyplayers have been speaking for a little too long.
Activision so far only monitors messages in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, but it will expand this to French and German by the timeCall of Duty: Black Ops 6comes out.
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The Cost Of Call of Duty AI-Based Moderation Is Likely Steep
A look into theModulate product pagefor ToxMod gives an idea ofhow much money goes into moderating harassment and hate speechin multiplayer servers.
The Mythic package, which allows ToxMod to analyze 200 thousand monthly hours of player audio and chat, costs $20,000 per month.
It is unclear what tier Activision has contractedforCall of Duty: Black Ops 6, but it most likely is a custom deal to match its mammoth data set.
In addition to the audio, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will havethe same text moderation tools used byModern Warfare 3.
The Numbers, Mason
The latest Activision report, covering both Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone between June and October, shows a67% reduction in repeat offenders among players who received moderation’s equivalent of a cease and desistover voice chat shenanigans.
The company also estimates that 43% fewer players have been exposed to toxic speech, though the absolute numbers remain a secret.
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Activision did release numbers for its in-house text moderation solution though, and it paints a nice picture of the community: between November 2023 and October 2024,the filter caught over 45 million texts, or around a stunning 93 per minute.
Tighter moderation can only do good toCall of Duty, as itprepares to launcha Black Ops edition that is not ashamed to lean heavily into Cold War politics in its campaign, as is typical of this branch.
There are criticisms over themovement and gunplay, which aregetting closer to Fortnite and Rainbow 6: Siege instead of its Call of Duty roots, but thanks to ToxMod,players will have to learn to articulate theirfeelings about the game without slurs.
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