Eliza Jacobs, Roblox's vice president of safety product policy, stated in an interview with NBC News that the platform's new facial age estimation technology is an improvement over previous methods. Jacobs emphasized that simply confirming one's age as 13 or older is insufficient. She noted that the technology aims to enhance the accuracy of age verification, with estimates typically within 1.4 years of a child's actual age. Roblox plans to implement this video selfie age estimation technology to categorize players into appropriate age brackets, particularly for users under 16.
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Roblox's vice president of safety product policy, Eliza Jacobs, highlighted the limitations of traditional age verification methods in a recent NBC News interview. The company is optimistic about its new facial age estimation technology, which aims to provide more accurate age assessments for users.
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