Overview
- Roblox, which demonstrated the system Monday, is rolling out an age-verification workflow that asks users to submit a government ID or complete a short video selfie for AI age estimation.
- The company will use the results to sort accounts into age-bracketed types that limit access to certain games and disable chat for users who do not verify.
- Roblox says its facial age estimates are typically accurate within about 1.4 years and that children in a company demo could not bypass the video-selfie check.
- The move responds to more than 150 family lawsuits and state investigations over child safety including criticism from Connecticut Attorney General William Tong.
- The change could reduce engagement and raise privacy and bias concerns because it collects biometric data, shifts parental verification work to adults, and leaves legal and regulatory questions unresolved.