Roblox will now require age checks for communications between users, with facial age estimation (FAE) as a biometric option.

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.

Roblox Corporation has announced the rollout of age-based chat, aimed at enhancing user safety in the online gaming industry.

The move comes amid multiple lawsuits, including from the attorneys general of Texas and Louisiana, against Roblox over child safety concerns. The lawsuits were filed following reports that Roblox was ...

Roblox has launched facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features and implemented age-based chats.

Roblox will soon require that users go through an age estimation process if they want to be able to chat with other people on ...

Roblox will also prevent adults from initiating chat with younger players unless both users have been added through a " ...

The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age ...

Roblox is now requiring selfies, verified either with a government ID or through an AI review, to use its chat functions.

Microsoft published a walkthrough demonstrating how to upgrade a .NET AI chat app built from the official .NET AI templates to use the new Microsoft Agent Framework. The preview framework extends ...