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Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mashable

Want to chat on Roblox? You'll need to verify your age.

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...
KTALnews.com on MSN

AI ransomware: New threat as scammers exploit online voices

Even more overwhelming is that 96 percent of Americans receive weekly phone calls from scammers, which Kerbs said is one of ...
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 ...
Engadget

Now you can use ChatGPT Voice without leaving your chat

OpenAI has announced that it's changing how ChatGPT's Voice mode works on the web and inside the company's app. As part of an update, you can interact with ChatGPT Voice directly within your ongoing ...
IGN

How to Use Zelda Notes

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a massive open world game with interesting things to find everywhere. The land of Hyrule is vast and contains many secrets, and the BotW Switch 2 Edition has ...
Reuters

Roblox to require age checks to use platform's chat features

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Gaming platform Roblox will require users to verify their age using facial recognition software to chat with other players, a company executive said, with the goal of ...
Action News Jax

Roblox rolls out new age verification feature for chat use

JACKSOVNILLE, Fla. — The popular children’s gaming platform ROBLOX rolled out a new safety feature meant to ensure that children playing the game interact with other kids their own age. Roblox wants ...
ZDNet

Everyone can use ChatGPT Group Chat now for free - here's how to try it

Up to 20 people can now be added to a group chat in ChatGPT. The responses are powered by GPT-5.1 Auto. The feature is available to logged-in users and is rolling out globally. AI has officially ...
The Hill

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

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...