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Real filing, narrower claim

But its first claim edits one viewer's copy, from that viewer's profile, and the application has drawn examiner objections.

“Microsoft has filed a patent for AI that can alter what people say during live broadcasts.”

Computerworld, 4 November 2026, and Futurism, after the patent tracker Patentlyze

Recorded 6 November 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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17 receipts: 5 support the claim, 2 contradict it, 10 add context. 3 figures on the record, 2 traced to a quoted receipt.

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  1. 1Supports the claimcomputerworld.com ↗

    Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new AI technology that can alter what people say during live broadcasts.

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  2. 2Supports the claimfuturism.com ↗

    the system described in this patent may represent a new world of filtering tools that subtly alter reality as it takes place

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  3. 3Supports the claimpatentlyze.com ↗

    Microsoft has filed for a system that fixes a speaker's words while you watch, then redraws their mouth so the edit doesn't show.

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  4. 4Contextpatentlyze.com ↗

    one or more spoken words to modify according to a first set of parameters and based on a profile of a user, using the AI agent

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  5. 5Contextpatentlyze.com ↗

    An AI would listen to the live audio and flag words you would rather not hear, using a profile you set up

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  6. 6Contextpatentlyze.com ↗

    It could run on AR glasses, a phone, a tablet or a video camera, using the chips on the device.

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  7. 7Contextpatentlyze.com ↗

    which the filing defines as within a few seconds, roughly 1 to 10

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  8. 8Contextpatentlyze.com ↗

    Filing date Apr 29, 2025 Publication date Oct 29, 2026

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  9. 9Contradicts the claimpatentlyze.com ↗

    Examiner raised objections; the company can respond (Jul 29, 2026)

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  10. 10Contextpatentlyze.com ↗

    One dependent claim keeps the original recording as 'ground truth.'

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  11. 11Contextcomputerworld.com ↗

    It would also be possible to customize the system to individual viewers' preferences

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  12. 12Contextfuturism.com ↗

    Viewers, the patent suggests, could consume whatever live event they want to without hearing what they don't want to hear.

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  13. 13Contextfuturism.com ↗

    Microsoft didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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  14. 14Contradicts the claimibtimes.co.uk ↗

    The filing describes proposed technology, not a confirmed consumer product or an announced Microsoft launch.

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  15. 15Supports the claimibtimes.co.uk ↗

    potentially giving different people different versions of the same broadcast

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  16. 16Supports the claimibtimes.co.uk ↗

    viewers could see footage that appears to confirm something the person never actually said

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  17. 17Contextibtimes.co.uk ↗

    giving one to 10 seconds as an example, although this is not a demonstrated performance benchmark

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