Roblox's attempt to improve child safety has reportedly backfired, with a new AI verification system misidentifying ages and locking users out of chats.

Days after Roblox announced the rollout of its global AI-powered age-verification system, the social gaming company is under fire from players, developers and child safety experts for disrupting the ...

The new system jeopardizes user privacy and puts kids in harm's way.

Roblox’s latest safety update is reshaping how millions of users communicate — and not everyone is happy about it. After the platform began requiring AI-based age verification to unlock chat features, ...

Roblox's age-verification system was designed as a response to allegations it has a child predator problem. Less than a week in, how's it going? Well, Wired reported on Tuesday that, in some cases, it ...

Roblox is starting age-estimation technology for users who want to chat more freely on the social-gaming platform as part of its new "trusted connections" feature. Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman ...

DUBBING their work as a “New Era of Safety” in their newsroom, Roblox is now requiring facial age checks before using the chat function on their platform. Roblox, an online game platform and game ...