By akademiotoelektronik, 19/06/2022
Microsoft buys the Two Hat moderation specialist
The computer giant has got hold of the company that allows it to moderate its video games and detect harmful content.
AFP
Microsoft announced Friday the acquisition of Two Hat, a content moderation company, which was already collaborating with the computer giant, in particular to exfiltrate problematic content from users of the Xbox video game console.The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed. “Over the past few years, Microsoft and Two Hat have worked together to implement moderation technology for gaming and other experiences to detect and remove harmful content before it even happens. do not reach the members of our communities", underlined in a press release Dave McCarthy, head of operations at Xbox. Two Hat notably helped to moderate content shared on the game Minecraft, bought in 2014 by Microsoft via the acquisition of the developer Mojang, as well as on the MSN web portal.
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Founded in 2012 by a former Disney executive, Two Hat uses artificial intelligence to "categorize, filter and escalate more than 102 billion human interactions" per month in real time, according to the company's website. company. In addition to Microsoft, the company works with other customers that it will retain after its acquisition. The moderation of obscene, hateful, sexist, or violent content in video games has been a priority for Microsoft for several years. In 2019, the Redmond (Washington) giant launched an initiative to preserve the safety of all players in its community by promising to be “vigilant, proactive and quick” to react.
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