Roblox says it will expand age checks to all users of its communication tools by the end of 2025 using facial age estimation tech, IDs, and parental consent
Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it's expanding …
Roblox taps Persona to estimate users' ages and verify they are 13+, renames Friends to Connections, and says only users over 13 can message Trusted Connections
Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/roblox... Megan Farokhmanesh / @megannicolett : Talked to Roblox's chief safety officer Matt Kaufman about their new age verification syste...
Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders to collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners
Roblox is launching a new licensing platform to streamline the process for IP rights holders to partner with creators on the gaming platform.
Roblox open sources Cube 3D, the first version of its AI foundation model for generating 3D objects, trained on licensed and public datasets and its own data
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Brookhaven, a top title on Roblox with 120M+ monthly players, was sold by its anonymous creator Wolfpaq to game developer Voldex for an undisclosed sum
Popular Roblox life simulation game “Brookhaven” has been acquired by game developer Voldex in a deal funded by Raine Partners and Shamrock Capital.
Roblox rolls out real-time AI chat translations, with support for 16 languages, built on an LLM trained on open-source and internal Roblox data
Works in 16 languages — Metaverse platform Roblox is bringing a new AI translation tool online for its millions of users around the world …
Roblox CEO David Baszucki says Roblox's open beta on Meta's Quest headsets, launched on July 27, has already been downloaded “well over” 1M times
another step towards Roblox everywhere, on all devices. @nathievr : the retention rate of Quest must be going through the roof right now Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : Meta's virtua...
Meta says Roblox is coming to Meta's Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3, starting with an open beta on App Lab “in the coming weeks”, with cross-platform support
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Roblox closes at $69.50, valuing it at $38.26B, after opening under RBLX at $64.50, up 43% from its January funding round
and a reminder of the importance of patience in company building. My partner @joshk made this slide, which captures it well: https://twitter.com/... David Baszucki / @davidbaszucki...