Startup Intends To Monitor Xbox Voice Chats

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More and more players are joining the gaming community, and many of those are children. However, multiplayer lobbies are not known for being friendly, particularly on Xbox. One startup company is seeking to help change that, though, by creating a device that will monitor Xbox voice chats.

Just a week ago, it was announced that the three major console makers, (Nintendo, Xbox, and Sony PlayStation) would be working together to ensure that game lobbies are safe for everyone. This means that the three will be, "will team up with industry regulators, law enforcement, and trade organizations to help make rules and enforce them" as well as contacting law enforcement if it is believed that someone may be in imminent danger.

That initiative is far from the only one, as the PS5 famously enables players to clip voice chats that are perceived to be threatening and send them to Sony. Kidas, a startup tech company, is seeking to do something similar with the Xbox, except that parents will be the ones receiving notifications and the monitoring will be constant—according to a report from Polygon.


Kidas was founded by Ron Kerbs, a gaming-enthusiast and former member of the Israeli military. It was during his time with an Israeli Central Intelligence Unit that Kerbs came up with the idea of using the threat detection methods that he developed to monitor game chats. Initially, Kidas was meant to monitor all social media interactions, but the company discovered that doing so was too difficult.

So, the team began to focus on gaming. According to the company website, the device will plug into the Xbox and will analyze text and voice communications that are sent and received from the device. The AI will check for any red-flags relating to online predation and cyberbullying. Parents will receive a weekly report detailing those flagged communications along with suggestions on how to address the problem with their children.

Of course, the challenge is differentiating between typical trash-talk and bullying or predatory behavior. The technology is still in beta and is being refined, but it could see more widespread use if it can be polished and perfected, according to the business incubator that is sponsoring Kidas.



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MrParkerPosted:

-Ragnarok This is dangerous if you ask me. People who support this would, in my estimation, have zero issue with regulation of speech on a legal level. That is not ok. You should be able to say whatever you want so long as it's not a direct threat/call to violence. Anyone who reads this, that doesn't know what that kind of regulation or thought policing can look like should read a book called 1985 by George Orwell. It may not seems like it's happening, it's a slow creep for sure, but companies like this are just the start if you ask me. Trust me when I say that you DO NOT want the government or companies for that matter dictating what we say regardless of the forum.


Yes idk about this kinda getting to far tbh

THQPosted:

Man, censorship's is just becoming more and more prominent in everything. 100% not okay with this. Imagine being banned on Xbox for bullying from calling someone a bitch over voice chat lmao

-RagnarokPosted:

This is dangerous if you ask me. People who support this would, in my estimation, have zero issue with regulation of speech on a legal level. That is not ok. You should be able to say whatever you want so long as it's not a direct threat/call to violence. Anyone who reads this, that doesn't know what that kind of regulation or thought policing can look like should read a book called 1985 by George Orwell. It may not seems like it's happening, it's a slow creep for sure, but companies like this are just the start if you ask me. Trust me when I say that you DO NOT want the government or companies for that matter dictating what we say regardless of the forum.

HOFPosted:

pathetic decision to make snowflakes out of all kids now.

0101010101010101Posted:

Thank god its not 2009 again and im playing mw2

MotioncoreyPosted:

The toxicity is has always been there. People are trying to oppose this idea so that they can be homophobic, racist, and just ignorant, without consequences. Kids are at higher risk, anyways. There's a difference between cordial competition and keyboard warriors who result to cyberbulling because they're behind a screen.

DeftonesPosted:

we're a long way from mw2 lobbies

DuhBawsPosted:

I never post on here I just check the daily news feed but wtf? trash talking builds character. especially when gaming, it's healthy to release your emotions rather than suppressing them. **** ****** lmao.

OGTrey079Posted:

Creating a world where u can't insult someone or say bless you without it being aggressive! Lmao what bitches.

NickPosted:

Man this isn't cool. Xbox voice chat has absolutely zero filter. Don't take that away from gamers, it's such a highlight.


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