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AI in games might've just proven itself useful for a change—Activision claims Call of Duty's seen a 43% drop in 'disruptive voice chat' since the start of the year thanks to its robo-snitch

Ghost reporting in the machine.

This software essentially acts as a goodie-two shoes narc that's always watching your games—it's not responsible for banning anybody, but it will listen to and report your flaming for moderation, hopefully, by a team of people able to make up for the fact that AI has a habit of imagining things. Adverts are tailored to your search history, your data on any social media platform is cut up and sold to the highest bidder, and if you have a smartphone, chances are your exact location going back months is available. Easing up on the pressure of besieged mod teams and taking the responsibility for reportage out of players' hands so they can focus on, y'know, playing a game, instead of navigating report menus?

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