Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III will launch on November 10, 2023 with ToxMod, an AI-powered voice chat moderation technology from Modulate that aims to reduce hate speech, discriminatory language, harassment, and more in the new FPS from Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, and other studios.
According to a new blog post on the official Call of Duty site, Call of Duty’s existing anti-toxicity moderation has already successfully restricted voice and/or text chat to over 1 million accounts that violated Call of Duty’s Code of Conduct, prompting at least 20% players not to reoffend and act more like adults.
Modulate’s ToxMod technology, which will presumably work even better, can be previewed as part of an initial beta rollout that will begin in North America on August 30 in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone.
Call of Duty’s new voice chat moderation system utilizes ToxMod, the AI-Powered voice chat moderation technology from Modulate, to identify in real-time and enforce against toxic speech—including hate speech, discriminatory language, harassment and more. This new development will bolster the ongoing moderation systems led by the Call of Duty anti-toxicity team, which includes text-based filtering across 14 languages for in-game text (chat and usernames) as well as a robust in-game player reporting system.
An initial beta rollout of the voice chat moderation technology will begin in North America on August 30 inside the existing games, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone, to be followed by a full worldwide release (excluding Asia) timed to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on November 10th. Support will begin in English with additional languages to follow at a later date.