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Roblox on Friday announced latest short-video and AI features that come amid increasing lawmaker scrutiny into how the corporate protects children on its platform.
With Roblox Moments, users 13 and older will have the option to create and share video clips of their gameplay with others on a feed throughout the platform. The unreal intelligence additions, meanwhile, will allow users to generate advanced 3D objects for the games they create on the platform.
Although users can share video clips from mature games on Moments, users who don’t meet the age requirements of those experiences can be unable to view them, the corporate said. Roblox will moderate each video shared on Moments and can allow users to “flag content that they find is inappropriate,” said Matt Kaufman, Roblox safety chief. Moments is launching in a limited release on Friday.
The AI features will roll out to users before the tip of the 12 months. Roblox users will have the option to make use of the synthetic intelligence tools to create objects, like futuristic monster trucks, that match the aesthetics of the games users construct on the platform, said Anupam Singh, Roblox’s senior vp of engineering. Those creations may also be moderated, Kaufman said.
Roblox faces plenty of lawsuits alleging that its design enables online predators to take advantage of underage victims.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill sued Roblox in August, alleging the corporate fails to implement robust safety protocols to “protect child users from predators.” On the time, Roblox said, “any assertion that Roblox would intentionally put our users prone to exploitation is solely unfaithful.”
The corporate on Wednesday announced it might expand an age estimation program that Roblox debuted in July.
