The AI-powered age verification software intended to make Roblox safer for kids is not exactly working as planned.

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...

Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.