Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, created the virtual “experience” on the online gaming platform Roblox before his terrifying real-life rampage, a rep for the company confirmed.

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The Forsaken 1x1x1x1 rework update changes the killer’s design and abilities. This guide explains the new appearance, updated ...

Roblox rolled out a new AI creation tool that lets players generate in-game objects from text prompts, expanding its player-facing tools.

Roblox has announced a beta tool which enables users to create interactive 3D models from text prompts, an upgrade to its ...

Last year, Roblox launched an open source AI model that could generate 3D objects on the platform, helping users quickly ...

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A new mandatory safety feature requires Roblox users in the U.S. to submit to facial age estimation via the app to access its chat feature. The online gaming platform announced it was implementing the ...

Roblox's age-verification system was designed as a response to allegations it has a child predator problem. Less than a week in, how's it going? Well, Wired reported on Tuesday that, in some cases, it ...

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Just days after launching, Roblox’s much-hyped AI-powered age verification system is a complete mess. Roblox’s face scanning system, which estimates peoples’ ages before they can access the platform’s ...

As the game “German Camp” begins, you arrive at a virtual building with a large German flag on display. There, on the gaming platform Roblox, your avatar can put on a helmet labelled “Stahlhelm,” the ...