Roblox adds AI age checks
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The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the gaming platform or that the platform helps facilitate child sexual exploitation and grooming.
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Popular gaming app, Roblox, rolling out new safety feature
The gaming app, Roblox, is rolling out a new safety feature. The platform requires age checks to ensure that users are talking to other users in a similar age group. The gaming app is facing dozens of lawsuits around the country, including outside Florida, related to the abuse of sexual exploitation of children.
Recently, the new Roblox desktop app rolled out to all users. The app, which was in beta for an extended period of time, is designed to unify and standardise how Roblox works across platforms. Officially known as the Roblox Universal App, it's intended ...
Facing pressure from states and families, Roblox will require players to use AI-powered technology that helps verify their age.
Age verification and ID-based measures are increasingly implemented by tech companies like Apple and Google despite risks like information breaches
Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face in order to access the platform's chat features.
The US Justice Department is currently investigating Apple over antitrust issues with Roblox being an area of interest for prosecutors that are trying to put together a case. With that, investigators are currently looking towards where the Cupertino giant ...