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Roblox is introducing a real-time, AI-powered chat rephrasing feature that automatically replaces banned words with more respectful language, the company announced<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n The new feature goes beyond Roblox\u2019s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the \u201c#\u201d symbol. But Roblox says that when users encounter strings of \u201c####,\u201d conversations can be disrupted and hard to follow.<\/p>\n Now, instead of simply displaying hash marks, filtered text will be rephrased into more respectful language that is close to the user\u2019s original intent.<\/p>\n For example, a message that reads \u201cHurry TF up!\u201d would previously have appeared as \u201c####,\u201d but will now be rephrased to \u201cHurry up!\u201d Everyone in the chat is notified that the message has been rephrased to keep the conversation civil, Roblox says. <\/p>\n \u201cChat is central to how people connect, coordinate, and play on Roblox,\u201d said Rajiv Bhatia, vice president of User and Discovery Product at Roblox, in a press release<\/a>. \u201cReal-time rephrasing helps keep gameplay and conversations on track while guiding language toward what\u2019s appropriate. This approach reduces friction in chat while maintaining the standards that help keep our community civil.\u201d<\/p>\n Roblox notes that while rephrasing reduces some of the disruption in the chat, its safety system remains in effect for more serious behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n The new feature is supported in all languages currently available through Roblox\u2019s automatic translation tools.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA<\/span> The company is also upgrading the text-filtering system to detect more variations of banned language. Roblox says early results show that the system is getting better at detecting leetspeak<\/a>, and more sophisticated attempts to bypass filters.\u00a0This has allowed the company to reduce the prevalence of false negatives when sharing or soliciting personal information by 20x.<\/p>\n Thursday\u2019s announcement comes shortly after Roblox\u00a0introduced mandatory facial verification<\/a>\u00a0for access to chats on its platform following a wave of lawsuits over child safety from the attorneys general of Texas<\/a>, Kentucky<\/a>, and\u00a0Louisiana<\/a>, among others. The lawsuits were filed\u00a0in response to reports<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Roblox was exposing young users<\/a>\u00a0to dangerous risks, such as grooming and explicit content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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