Roblox announced the start of age-verification technology Thursday for users who want to chat more freely on the social-gaming platform as part of its new "trusted connections" feature. Roblox Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman said that the company felt it ...

In almost all games, toxic players are everywhere. For kid-focused games like "Roblox," there's a need to ensure that the mental health of the younger players won't be affected by seeing abusive and explicit chats in-game. For this reason, Mojang adds a ...

Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory language in game chats. The move comes as the company ...