What is Azure AI Content Safety?
Azure AI Content Safety is an AI service for detecting and filtering harmful content in text and images. The service identifies hate speech, sexual content, violence, and self-harm in four severity levels. Developers can configure thresholds per category and create Custom Categories for industry-specific requirements.
The service is a core component of Responsible AI: It protects both user-generated content on platforms and AI-generated outputs from harmful content. In Azure OpenAI Service, Content Safety is natively integrated and automatically filters prompts and responses.
Core Features
- Text and image analysis for four main categories
- Configurable severity thresholds per application
- Custom Categories for industry-specific content
- Real-time API with low latency
- Blocklist management for prohibited terms
Typical Use Cases
Social media platforms and community forums use Content Safety for automated moderation. User-generated content is analyzed in real-time, critical content is flagged for manual review or automatically removed.
Companies developing LLM applications deploy Content Safety as a guard layer. The service prevents the model from generating harmful outputs or responding to problematic prompts.
Gaming platforms protect players from toxic chat messages. Image analysis detects inappropriate avatars or screenshots.
Benefits
- Scalable moderation for millions of content items
- Consistent application of community guidelines
- Reduction of manual moderation
- Compliance with child safety requirements
Integration with innFactory
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, innFactory supports you with Azure AI Content Safety: policy design, threshold optimization, Custom Categories, and integration into your platform.
Typical Use Cases
Frequently Asked Questions
Which categories does Content Safety detect?
Four main categories: Hate Speech, Sexual Content, Violence, and Self-Harm. Each category has four severity levels (0-6), and thresholds can be configured per application.
Can I define custom categories?
Yes, via Custom Categories you can detect industry-specific content, e.g., unauthorized financial advice or medical diagnoses. Training with your own examples.
How do I integrate Content Safety with Azure OpenAI?
Content Safety is natively integrated into Azure OpenAI Service. Input and output filters are automatically active. Additionally, you can use the Content Safety API for extended checks.
Does Content Safety support images and videos?
Text and images are fully supported. For videos, analyze individual frames or extract text via Video Indexer and check it with Content Safety.
