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Roblox to Use AI for User Age Identification but Aus Government Wants More

posted by hubie on Monday December 01, @07:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the age-is-in-the-AI-of-the-beholder dept.

Roblox has plans to implement AI to guess user ages but the Australian Labour Government thinks more should be done to protect young people and that the current solution offered by Roblox is insufficient. There is still debate for whether or not Roblox should count as "social media" and be included in the new age restriction laws.

Roblox rolling out new safety measures to stop kids chatting with adults has done little to win favour with Labor, with the Albanese government saying all digital platforms should be proactively protecting "young Australians".

[...] The new measurers, which start in the first week of December, include age-based chats that restrict players from speaking to people outside their age group.

[...] Despite having social elements, Roblox insists it is not a social media.

The eSafety Commissioner agrees but is reviewing whether to include it in the social media ban.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by shrewdsheep on Monday December 01, @09:35AM (2 children)

    by shrewdsheep (5215) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 01, @09:35AM (#1425485)

    'good enough'

    I'm wondering how an ML approach could be good enough. For questions, answer lists will be put up on the internet on short notice. Likewise for chatbot sessions. What remains is usage patterns. I believe that would be very error prone, too. Also, it would result in pop-ups: Unfortunately, you have been detect to be younger than 18 yrs of age. Logging you out.

     

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by VLM on Monday December 01, @03:42PM (1 child)

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 01, @03:42PM (#1425518)

    What remains is usage patterns. I believe that would be very error prone, too

    AI analysis of posted content would probably work pretty well.

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 01, @06:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 01, @06:28PM (#1425523)

      > AI analysis of posted content would probably work pretty well.

      Joke's on you, I can think of one orange hair guy who posts frequently at a pre-teen level. Sure would be funny if he got booted for being underage.