Biometric Update

Can facial age estimation save Roblox from more lawsuits?

Come January, if you want to chat in the popular social gaming site, you’ll need to let digital identity firm Persona ...
Game Rant

Roblox Players Are Not Happy About the Chat Update and Age Verification

Gamers aren't happy about Roblox's new chat and age verification update, expressing multiple problems with the process and ...
Outrun Gaming on MSN

'Horrible': Age-based Roblox chats impact moderation, gameplay

Just a few weeks have passed since popular online game platform Roblox announced it would implement new facial age-estimation ...
Belfast Live on MSN

Warning over 'alarming' scale of child grooming in online games

P arents are being warned of the dangers children face during online gaming sessions including exploitation and being groomed ...
New Game Network

Roblox Age Estimation System Restricts Child–Adult Communication Chats

Roblox rolls out age estimation to restrict child–adult chats, require verification for communication, expand parental ...
KSMU

Roblox bets on facial scanning to keep its youngest users safe

Justin Patchin, criminal justice professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, on new age verification guidelines for the online gaming platform Roblox, and tips for parents to protect their ...
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 ...

Roblox steps up age checks, groups younger users into age-based chats

After users go through the age checks, they will be assigned to age groups ranging from under 9, 9 to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20 and over 21. Users will then be able to chat with their age group ...
PCGamesN

Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...
Variety

Roblox to Require All Users to Verify Age With Facial Estimation Tech to Access Chat Features Beginning in December

Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next month. The gaming platform has also implemented age-based chats to limit ...
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 ...
BGR

Russia's First AI-Powered Robot Faceplanted During Its Public Reveal

With the emergence of several walking robots lately, it makes sense that we'd see an acceleration in robotics worldwide. For example, there's Xpeng's humanoid robot with synthetic skin, or the 1X Neo ...