Lucas County family sues Roblox and Discord over alleged child exploitation

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Lucas County family has filed a lawsuit against online gaming platform Roblox and messaging app ...
Today

He Was Mistakenly Added to a Group Text. Seven Years Later, They Consider Him Family

When Kendrick Constant glanced at his phone one afternoon in 2018, he noticed dozens of text messages rolling in from a cluster of retired fifty-something investment bankers trading jokes and ...
Business Insider

ChatGPT wants to join your group chats

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Columbus Dispatch

Roblox addresses predators with new age-verification and chat rules

Roblox is introducing new safety features to limit interactions between adults and minors on its platform. Users will need to verify their age with a government ID or facial scan to use chat features.
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 ...
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 ...
The Verge

OpenAI is launching group chats in ChatGPT

OpenAI says it trained ChatGPT to determine when to jump into your conversation and when to stay silent. OpenAI says it trained ChatGPT to determine when to jump into your conversation and when to ...
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 ...
Biometric Companies

Roblox to make age assurance for chat mandatory as of January 2026

Roblox is trying. In the face of mounting criticism of the social gaming platform’s failure to protect kids from grooming and other harms, Roblox has announced that it will now require age checks for ...
TechSpot

Roblox will now restrict chat by age group, verified with selfie-based scans

In context: Roblox is a gaming platform with a massive audience of teens and younger players. Authorities worldwide have criticized the service as a potential grooming ground for predators, but the ...
CNET

Roblox Rolls Out Age-Verification Requirement for Chat Amid Child Safety Criticism

Roblox, the online gaming platform that has been under fire due to child safety concerns, has introduced age-verification software that uses facial scanning to estimate the age of players. The system ...
PC Gamer

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, ...