Google is sponsoring a startup called Jigsaw that proposes to shape the Internet as a force for good. Among the priorities of this group is a focus on online toxicity. Jigsaw makes the case that online services are working on this problem (maybe), but it is focusing on its own products that can be made available to providers and users.
This means that you and I can try out what the company is working on. They offer a chrome extension called Tune that is an effort to take advantage of AI to reduce the toxicity of what you experience when using familiar social media services (e.g., Twitter, Facebook). If you are interested, visit the Chrome store and search for Tune. You may want to check out other sources describing this venture (PCMag, Perspective API).
Tune offers two ways users can adjust their experience. The first is a knob that allows the user to set the level of toxicity they are willing to tolerate and the second allows the selection of areas of toxicity they don’t want to deal with.
I have read reviews that are critical charging that Tune relies on a simple list of keywords. I cannot verify this is the case and even if it were true some may find this an improvement.
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