Roblox, the popular online gaming platform that hosts millions of user-created games, said Tuesday it is strengthening protections for minors.

Roblox said it will soon require players to use AI-powered facial age-estimation technology to help verify their age. The system, combined with ID-based age verification and confirmed parental consent, is intended to "provide a more accurate measure of a user's age than simply relying on what someone types in when they create an account," the company said in a statement.

Roblox CEO David Baszucki described the guardrails in an interview with CBS Mornings' Tony Dokoupil as "what we believe will become the gold standard for safety and civility on the internet."

Doukopil questioned Baszucki about potential parental concerns about the AI verificati

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