Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Waipahu man accused of using Roblox to exploit underage girls

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The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...
NBC News

Roblox to implement using AI child safety in its platform

The online gaming platform “Roblox” will begin using AI technology to scan users’ faces for age verification. Roblox's senior director of product policy, Eliza Jacobs, spoke with NBC News’ Tom Llamas ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

The feature will be rolled out globally by January 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
GamesIndustry

Roblox begins rolling out age checks using facial age estimation technology

Roblox has started rolling out voluntary age checks on its platform to access its chat feature to "limit communication between minors and adults." Age verification will be conducted through the Roblox ...
Forbes

Roblox Stock Is Falling, Should You Add More?

CANADA - 2025/10/04: In this photo illustration, the Roblox Corporation logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) ...
ABC News

Judge rules against online platform Roblox, keeping alleged abuse case in the public eye

A lawsuit alleges the platform helped facilitate child sexual exploitation. A father's lawsuit against the online gaming platform Roblox will remain in the public eye after a California judge denied ...
TweakTown

Square Enix and other game studios issue notice to OpenAI to stop using their content for AI

TL;DR: The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), representing major Japanese game studios, has formally requested OpenAI address copyright concerns over its Sora 2 AI video generator. CODA ...
TechCrunch

Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI, DeepMind execs, raised $12M to bring AI content to Hollywood

London-based AI creative studio Wonder Studios has raised $12 million in seed funding to scale production amid a push to bring AI-generated content into the entertainment industry. The round was led ...