OTO can detect emotion and empathy in speech.
OTO can detect emotion and empathy in speech.
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Unity acquires AI chat analysis platform Oto, launches toxicity in gaming report

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 4 min

Unity has acquired Oto, an AI-based audio chat analysis platform that figures out if humans need to intercede in a toxic multiplayer gaming environment. The companies did not disclose terms.

We all know that online gamers can be toxic, trash-talking each other. Some of that is OK and can be chalked up to the culture around a game. But some of it also crosses the line, and that’s where Oto comes in.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.