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Discord is shaking up the chatbot game by partnering with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT throughout the app. This collaboration will allow for machine learning to be used in unique and practical ways, with a public experiment set to begin augmenting Clyde, the in-built bot that notifies users of errors and responds to their slash commands, with conversational capabilities. Discord expects its users to turn to Clyde for information that they would have previously Googled, like asking for the local time in a different location to decide if it’s appropriate to message someone. Admins have the option to disable the chatbot if they don’t want to use the feature on their server, and user data is not being shared with OpenAI to train its machine learning models, so privacy is still maintained. This will be one of the biggest updates to Discord in a long time.

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Discord is also using OpenAI’s technology to improve its automated content moderation tool, AutoMod, which has already blocked over 45 million unwanted messages since its introduction last June. Using large language models, AutoMod can interpret and apply server rules to detect and take action against people who go against a community’s norms and expectations. For example, AutoMod can spot someone attempting to go around a server rule against self-promotion by writing their message in a different language. Early results are quite promising, and the improved AutoMod is rolling out to select servers starting today.

Discord is also introducing a new feature that everyone can benefit from, and that is Conversation Summaries. This feature will provide an overview of chats users may have missed while away from the app by creating bundles that include a title, a summary of what was said, any images shared, and a log of who participated. This feature will prove to be extremely useful to those who use discord sparingly and would appreciate a rundown of the day’s messages and happenings, especially server owners.

While ChatGPT integration is nothing new in the tech space right now, Discord believes its emphasis on bringing friends and communities together gives it a leg up on the competition. More than 30 million people use AI applications through the platform every month, and nearly 3 million servers include at least one AI integration. Machine learning has been part of the Discord experience for a while, and many machine learning projects feature links to Discord servers on GitHub, a testament to Discord being a natural place for those conversations to start. Nonetheless, Discord’s integration with ChatGPT will significantly modify how users will interact with the application in the coming days. It will be quite interesting to see how this happens.

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