- Kyle Chua
Discord Rolling Out ChatGPT-Like AI Functions, Including Conversation Summaries
Discord is jumping onto the generative artificial intelligence (AI) bandwagon, announcing plans to roll out new functions powered by the technology.
The chat app has announced it'll be leveraging OpenAI technology to revamp a bot named Clyde, allowing it to have more to do. These include answering trivia questions, helping you schedule meetings on the service, finding a GIF or recommending playlists you might like. OpenAI is the startup behind the viral ChatGPT, which delivers human-like responses to text prompts and queries.
Apart from the functions mentioned above, Discord's AI is able to summarise long conversations to make it easier for you to jump back in where you left off with the chat or communities you're part of. The AI essentially bundles similar messages together to make it easier for you to backread messages you missed. The function, however, isn't turned on by default and has to be enabled by the server owner. It's launching in limited capacities starting next week.
Discord's AutoMod moderation tool also takes advantage of OpenAI's large language models to improve how it’ll police servers. It's now aware of the context in conversations, making it more effective at removing nasty messages and enforcing server rules, while moderators are away. The change to AutoMod is already being tested in limited servers today.
The company also wants to experiment with other ways to use AI to improve its services. One of them is open-sourcing Avatar Remix, an app that lets you use generative image models to remix your avatars. You can, for example, have the AI generate a birthday hat on your friends' profile images to celebrate their birthdays.
"We're seeing one of the most exciting moments in technology emerging," said Discord CEO Jason Citron at a press briefing.
Discord's announcement comes after a number of other tech companies started integrating ChatGPT-like AI tools into their own respective products and services. Chief of which is perhaps Microsoft that's incorporating a chatbot in its Bing search engine. Slack and Snapchat have similarly announced their own plans to integrate the technology.
Discord is jumping onto the generative artificial intelligence (AI) bandwagon, announcing plans to roll out new functions powered by the technology.
The chat app has announced it'll be leveraging OpenAI technology to revamp a bot named Clyde, allowing it to answer questions and help you schedule meetings, among others.
Discord's AI is able to summarise long conversations to make it easier for you to jump back in where you left off with the chat or communities you're part of.
The announcement comes after a number of other tech companies started integrating ChatGPT-like AI tools into their own respective products and services.