Allies Align with Ally

Peter Alau
Spirit AI
Published in
2 min readMar 28, 2019

Apologies, we can’t help ourselves when it comes to alliteration. :)

The Game Developer Conference in San Francisco has wrapped up, and we at Spirit Ai are humbled by the amount of press and interest we have had. Despite the rain, the hotel construction, and locations that guaranteed everyone hitting their step count, we spoke to hundreds of developers and several press members.

These are our favorites:

“But what happens when it all shifts to voice-based chat in the future?”

-Gordon Mah Ung, PC World

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3373551/intel-hopes-to-clean-up-toxic-speech-in-game-chat-with-ai-and-machine-learning.html

“Ally potentially makes it easier for small teams of moderators to find and snuff out toxicity among large user bases communicating over text chat, but Intel apparently sees the potential for more. “

-Eric Abet, Slash gear

https://www.slashgear.com/intels-ai-cop-will-tackle-toxic-gamers-21570621/

“But it’s also true that games are a business focused on attracting as many customers as possible, and those customers need to be protected from abuse.”

-Michael Kan at PC Mag

https://www.pcmag.com/news/367351/intel-levels-up-ai-to-battle-toxicity-in-online-games

“The computing giant is teaming with Spirit, which already provides automated text chat moderation via its Ally software, to provide that same degree of filtering for voice chat so that developers can ensure a safe, inclusive environment for their online games.”

-Michael Andronico, Tom’s Guide

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/intel-spirit-ai-voice-chat,news-29687.html

Spirit AI will be at Casual Connect London on May 28–30, and probably talking more about using Ai to create character and help identify various player behaviors. That is, after all, pretty much what we do.

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Peter Alau
Spirit AI

Peter helps companies reduce online harassment and toxicity as the Director of Business Development at Spirit AI.