Roblox launches real-time AI chat rephrasing to filter out banned language | TechCrunch

"Real-time rephrasing helps keep gameplay and conversations on track while guiding language toward what's appropriate. This approach reduces friction in chat while maintaining the standards that help keep our community civil."

"Chat is central to how people connect, coordinate, and play on Roblox. The new feature goes beyond simply replacing banned words with hash marks, which can disrupt conversations and make them hard to follow."

"Roblox upgraded the text-filtering system to detect more variations of banned language. Early results show the system is getting better at detecting leetspeak and more sophisticated attempts to bypass filters, reducing false negatives when sharing or soliciting personal information by 20x."

Roblox has launched an AI-driven chat rephrasing feature that replaces its previous text filter system. Instead of displaying hash marks for banned words, the new system rephrases inappropriate language into respectful alternatives that maintain the user's original intent. For example, "Hurry TF up!" becomes "Hurry up!" All users are notified when messages are rephrased. This approach reduces chat disruption while keeping conversations civil. The feature supports all languages available through Roblox's translation tools. Additionally, Roblox upgraded its text-filtering system to better detect banned language variations, including leetspeak and filter-bypass attempts, reducing false negatives in detecting personal information sharing by 20 times.

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