Toxic players have always been a problem in the world of online gaming, although it is true that the Call of Duty saga was one of the hardest hit. I remember during the first big “explosion” of multiplayer success in Call of Duty 3 running on the Xbox 360, the levels of toxicity that could be achieved were stratospheric, and unfortunately that reality hasn’t changed.

This franchise has a huge gaming community, so trying to control the hordes of toxic users in their ranks is a challenge. a very difficult task. There is no doubt that this is a problem, but Activision Blizzard seems to have found a solution, an exploit artificial intelligence to moderate and reduce the impact these types of users have.

To be honest, the truth is that these types of players they can spoil everyone’s fun and turn what should be fun into a frustrating experience. With this in mind, it’s no wonder that Activision Blizzard decided to use this technology to solve this problem. This moderator AI was created thanks to an alliance between this company and Modulate and was named as “ToxMod”.

How does Call of Duty Moderator AI work?

Well, it’s very simple, “ToxMod” will detect players who speak in a toxic and abusive mannerand will act accordingly. This means that the said AI has voice recognition capabilities, that is, it can understand what users are saying and give context to their expressions, which means that it is a very advanced solution.

If you are wondering what is considered toxic and rude speech, the answer is also very simple. All expressions of hatred, discrimination, harassment, insults and other expressions that can be considered verbal abuse are considered as such. “ToxMod” is able to understand up to 14 different languagesSo it covers a wide spectrum of players.

Currently, this technology is integrated in Call of Duty Warzone and in Modern Warfare IIbut we do know that it will also be integrated into Call of Duty Modern Warfare III, the next installment in the franchise which, if all goes according to plan, will hit the market on November 10 and will almost certainly be the final transitional installment. intergenerational that we will see.

An important step by Activision Blizzard to stop toxic players, although it was not the only one that was done. Recently, the American company also launched a system for prevent so-called malicious messages, i.e. cases where some players have sent fake reports against other players.