Roblox adds AI age checks

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Roblox is the first online platform to require age checks for communication
Roblox is set to implement facial age checks and age-based chat features on its platform, marking a significant step in online safety standards. The new measures aim to secure access to chat features by ensuring users are within similar age groups, making Roblox the first online platform to require age verification for communication.

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Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chats
Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?
Roblox Rolls Out Facial Checks, Age-Based Groups. Will That Keep Kids Safe?
Roblox is now rolling out facial age checks and age-based grouping for chat features on a voluntary basis ahead of it becoming mandatory in select markets next month.

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Roblox announces new safety measure amid spate of lawsuits
Roblox blocks children from chatting to adult strangers
Roblox game platform launches age checks for chat
It aims to stop under-nines from chatting without parental consent and to curb conversations between adults and minors online by placing users into six age bands ranging from under-nines to over 21s.

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Roblox begins requiring selfies for chat feature, verified with a government ID or AI
Roblox is updating chat rules with a simple age check keeps you playing

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 their face.
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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 about the new feature aimed at preventing unverified users from accessing the chat,

Roblox deploys new age-verification features

As Roblox rolls out new age assurance features to prevent teens and kids from chatting with adults they do not know, it says Australia’s upcoming under-16s social media ban should not apply to its services.

What Roblox Could Look Like in 5 Years

Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) has gone through its share of highs and lows. After the pandemic's social-distancing period ended, it went through a period of slowing growth and intensifying losses, but recently,
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