If your child plays Roblox, chances are plenty of their friends do too.Roblox reported an average of 123 million daily active users during the second quarter of 2026.
Nearly three-quarters of its age-checked users are under 18.With that kind of reach, one of the biggest risks a child can face may begin with a conversation that seems completely harmless.
Someone asks what games they like.Later, that person wants to know where else they chat.
Eventually, they suggest moving the conversation to another app.That progression should sound familiar to parents who have followed online grooming cases.Earlier this year, we covered a disturbing Roblox child-safety case involving two girls, ages 12 and 14.
Investigators said a Nebraska man initially contacted them through Roblox before conversations moved to Snapchat.Authorities described the case as online grooming.
Now Roblox is opening up some of the artificial intelligence it uses to detect behavior that can lead to dangerous situations.TEACHER WHO SERVED AS GOP STATE LAWMAKER ALLEGEDLY USED ROBLOX TO LURE STUDENT INTO SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPRoblox is sharing updated artificial intelligence safety tools designed to detect grooming signals, personal information requests and unsafe voice chat involving children.(Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP via Getty Images)On Aug.
19, Roblox announced that it is contributing updated versions of three safety models to the Robust Open Online Safety Tools, or ROOST, Model Community.The company is also releasing a new evaluation dataset so other platforms can test their own safety systems.
For parents, the technical details matter less than what these tools are trying to catch.They focus on attempts to get personal information, signs of possible child endangerment and inappropriate behavior in voice chat.
Here's how these new AI safety tools work, what they could mean for your child and what you can do right now to help keep your kids safer online.New! Free live CyberGuy class: Protect Your...