Roblox is rolling out AI “generated summaries” of messages sent by players in a different age bracket
It's replacing chats being blocked from view by locks or dots
Roblox has recently reached a settlement across 3 states, which are Nevada ($12m), Alabama ($12.2m), and West Virginia ($11.08m) amounting to $35.28 million. All states are requiring Roblox to introduce further safety measures.
Nevada's Requirements:
• Mandatory Age Verification for chat.
• Providing $10 million of fundings for "Boys & Girls Club and other nondigital activities".
• Provide $1 million to an online safety awareness campaign across 2 years.
• Lastly, provide a liaison that partners with Nevadan law enforcement agencies.
Alabama's Requirements:
• Mandatory Age Verification for chat.
• Communications amongst minors cannot be encrypted, allowing "enforcement to be able to more easily combat child exploitation networks, trafficking, and the distribution of illegal and harmful content."
• Provide a liaison position to coordinate with Alabamian state law enforcements.
West Virginia's Requirements:
• Mandatory Age Verification for chat.
• Alert minors when they enter a private chats so children "know how to communicate safely".
• "Dedicate a West Virginia-based internet safety specialist to coordinate directly with state law enforcement and conduct ongoing trainings."
• Provide $1.5 million for an public safety campaign across 3 years.
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You say you're not removing classic faces, but it's simply not true. The classic 2D faces are getting removed and replaced with dynamic faces that are meant to be copies of them.
The issue is some of these faces are so far off from what the originals look like. You say you're going to fix them and make them 1:1 but you could avoid all of this by just not doing the update in the first place. You're creating a problem that doesn't need to exist.
I don't understand why this update is happening anyway. Wouldn't it just make more sense to let players choose what type of face/head they want to wear?