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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, March 18, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Epic uses machine learning tools built by a company called Contex.ai to automatically screen player voice chat, text chat, and creator-submitted content in Fortnite for harmful material. When a player reports someone, a recording of recent voice chat is captured and reviewed by both automated tools and human moderators.
Details
Per Epic's own technical documentation, Contex.ai's machine learning tools complement human moderation efforts by detecting inappropriate audio, text, and images. For voice reporting — launched in 2023 and expanded to Rocket League and Fall Guys in March 2025 — the system captures the last five minutes of voice chat on the player's device when a report is submitted, then transcodes and cryptographically signs the recording before sending it for automated screening followed by human review. Automated text screening runs continuously for all in-game chats involving players under 18. For content submitted to the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), Epic reviews approximately 4,000 island submissions daily, with machine learning flagging submissions that contain stolen assets, malicious code, or suspicious metadata. Epic's privacy policy (November 2025) confirms the company trains "machine learning technologies to detect and moderate illegal, harmful, toxic, and fraudulent conduct and content."
Products affected
FortniteUnreal Editor for FortniteRocket LeagueFall GuysEpic Online Services
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Other practices by Epic Games
OtherAfter widespread protests from artists in December 2022, Epic's portfolio platform ArtStation introduced a "NoAI" label that artists can apply to their work to signal they do not want it used in AI training datasets. Epic also updated its terms of service to commit that it will not use or license any ArtStation content — labeled or not — for AI training purposes.OtherEpic provides a plugin for Unreal Engine 5 that lets game developers train AI-controlled characters and agents by having them learn through trial and error — similar to how a person gets better at a task by practicing. The tool, called Learning Agents, launched as an experimental feature with Unreal Engine 5.3 in September 2023 and is aimed at developers, not players.OtherUnreal Engine 5 supports NVIDIA's DLSS technology, which uses AI to make games run more smoothly on compatible graphics cards by generating additional frames and sharpening images — without the full processing cost of rendering everything natively. Epic has also integrated NVIDIA's ACE tools, which give developers AI-powered options for animating digital human faces and generating NPC speech.
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