Genshin Impact Spying on Your Voice?! AI Data Use SHOCKS Players!

Genshin Impact players, did you catch this? It seems HoYoverse, the company behind the wildly popular open-world RPG, has quietly removed a rather eyebrow-raising clause from its privacy policy. And the clause in question involved… your voice data.

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Specifically, the original privacy policy, last updated in January, contained language suggesting that user voice data, gathered during in-game voice communications, was being used to train artificial intelligence models. Yeah, you read that right. The details were tucked away in Section 2 of the policy, and, well, it’s gone now.

Now, I’ve dug through my fair share of privacy policies over the years, and I have to say, seeing that kind of statement pop up – even if users technically had to "opt out" – definitely raises a few questions. It suggests that, by default, your casual banter with your co-op buddies while battling hilichurls was potentially feeding into some AI algorithm. Maybe for better voice recognition, maybe for something else entirely? We might never know for sure.

Other sections of the policy remain unchanged, thankfully. The privacy policy continues to state the game’s intentions to monitor for and prevent malicious content, and improve customer support – all aimed at cultivating a "harmonious and healthy online environment." Which, you know, is a noble goal. But still, the AI training bit… gone. Vanished. Scrubbed from the record, at least from what we can see.

It's also worth noting the original policy, with the AI clause, stipulated that users had to actively opt out of this voice data collection process through in-game service settings. So, theoretically, if you didn't go digging through the menus and uncheck that box, your voice was fair game. It is unclear if the AI training is no longer happening, or if it is still happening but no longer mentioned in the user's policy.

The big question now is: why the sudden change? Was there a wave of player backlash we missed? Did HoYoverse decide the AI training wasn't worth the potential PR headache? Or was there some other legal or technical reason for the deletion? Only HoYoverse knows for sure. It's definitely a story we'll be keeping an eye on, and hopefully, we'll get some answers sooner rather than later. In the meantime, maybe double-check those privacy settings, just in case.