Online games have a toxicity problem and Valorant is no exception to the rule. I barely finished the Riot Games title and it was almost always with my friends, but a few times I got to it myself, and no one was surprised, I always found some other morning singer who was more interested, for reasons we insult everyone than because of the game we were supposed to play.

And no, I don’t use the traditional excuse to talk about a competitive environment, it is easy to distinguish between precise heat at a given moment, something can happen to each of us (and it certainly happened to us) and something completely different is to justify someone who is insulting a home brand. It is not a competitive nature, it is to be an idiot, and its justification only serves to make it prevail. Whether in Valorant, on Twitter or in teletext secret messages.

So while I know there are people who interpret this type of conduct as censorship, I can only celebrate how we can read it in Yahoo! Finance, Riot begins monitoring Valorant’s voice chat to reveal this type of attitude. On July 13, the studio will begin collecting voice data from Valorant matches played in North America.

According to Riot, he will use the data to locate his AI model. “in a good enough place for the beta version later this year«. During this initial phase, the company declares that it will not use voice ratings to report inappropriate behavior. but if all goes well with AI training, we can count on Valorant’s voice chat not being a free space for insults and bullying from the beginning of 2023.

Of course, I understand the concerns that may arise when implementing this system. Unfortunately in this regard we all mean how bad Riot did it to Vanguard, Valorant’s anti-cheat system, which has proven to be potentially as privacy-friendly as Pegasus. In this respect, Riot has a duty to be as transparent as technically and humanly possible.

The key, in my view, is at the point where Riot can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that that audio recordings recorded in the Valorant voice chat will be used exclusively for identification toxic reports and attitudes. If so, congratulations to the company, because I personally think it is a step in the right direction.