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Roblox AI age tool will estimate every user’s age, but analysts question upside

Roblox has unveiled a major new safety system that will use artificial intelligence to estimate the age of every user on the platform. CEO David Baszucki said the plan is to finish the rollout by the ...
Wired

Roblox’s New Age Verification Feature Uses AI to Scan Teens’ Video Selfies

Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new Trusted Connections feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know. Roblox is rolling out ...
KCCI Des Moines

Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. TAKING ON AN ONLINE TITAN. THE FAMILY OF A 13 YEAR-OLD WEST DES MOINES GIRL IS SUING ROBLOX. THEY CLAIM SHE MET A MAN WHO CLAIMED TO BE A TEENAGER ON THE ...
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 ...