Genshin Impact’s privacy policy states that voice comms may be used to train AI models. The policy was last updated on January 14, 2026, where the previous clause was changed. As spotted by Cevian on Bluesky (via Eurogamer), the new clause comes under the ‘Why collect and process your personal data’ section of the policy.
“Where applicable, our services may offer voice-based chat functions that allow users to communicate with others in real time using voice,” said the previous clause. “If you choose to use such features, we may process voice communication data for the purposes described in section 2 and section 13 of this Privacy Policy, including providing communication services, maintaining service security and stability, content moderation, and complying with applicable laws and regulations.” It has since been changed.
Genshin Impact Could Use Your Voice To Train AI
“Like many AI-powered experiences, we may use your user-generated input such as chat data to train and improve the model that we use to provide our Services. You can opt-out of model training anytime in your Service-related settings. Opting out will not affect your existing gameplay,” says the new clause.
It’s a pretty big change to the privacy policy, and MiHoYo has made it very quietly. In fact, comments on Cevian’s post noted that someone tried to bring this up on the Genshin Impact subreddit, only for their post to be deleted by the moderators.
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As for what the AI trained on voice comms will do, it won’t necessarily be malicious. Perhaps the AI will be trained to moderate player chat and auto-report toxic behavior, like mentioned in sections 2 and 13. Still, it’s worth making a larger announcement about something like this, given the current sentiment of AI being incorporated into the industry.
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September 28, 2020
- ESRB
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Teen / Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), Users Interact
