The EU just slapped ChatGPT with its strictest regulatory label, officially designating it a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act. Crossing the 45 million monthly active user threshold means OpenAI must rein in illegal content, safeguard minors' mental health, and open up algorithms by December 2026.
Roblox just unveiled Build, a mobile-first AI creation tab inside its app that lets anyone generate playable 3D games directly from plain text prompts without writing code. The tool automates mechanics, environments, characters, and audio using proprietary 3D gaming models. It launches a free public alpha in New Zealand on July 28, with professional testing and analytics agents coming to Studio soon.
Roblox just unveiled CubePart, a 3D generative model that outputs functional, pre-separated meshes tailored to a developer's defined schema. Instead of spitting out a single solid mesh, it generates accurately labeled parts like spinning wheels and opening doors that drop directly into physics and animation pipelines. It turns generative 3D from pretty digital statues into actual interactive assets.
Roblox just brought agentic AI workflows to Roblox Studio and Assistant to automate the entire plan, build, and test loop. The update adds a collaborative Planning Mode, text-to-mesh generation, and a beta playtesting agent that controls characters to test games. Studio also baked in an MCP server to plug directly into Cursor and Claude.
Roblox just rolled out an AI-powered real-time rephrasing feature that swaps out profanity for acceptable everyday language instead of censoring it into a row of hashmarks. The platform also added large reasoning models to its backend filters, slashing false negatives for illicit personal info sharing by 20x. Why it matters: In-game communication no longer grinds to a halt when someone drops an accidental curse during high-stakes gameplay.
Roblox just launched a beta for 4D generation powered by its Cube foundation model, adding real-time interactivity to 3D objects. Using modular schemas, players can type a prompt to spawn a multi-part car and immediately drive it around. Early tests in community games saw player time jump 64%.
Roblox just introduced a suite of creator tools headlined by 4D Objects, generative AI that creates fully functional, drivable vehicles and interactive items from text prompts. The platform is also rolling out real-time voice translation and MCP support for its AI assistant, making game creation and global play remarkably seamless.
Roblox just announced a short-form gameplay feed called Moments alongside new creator AI tools at its developer conference. Creators can soon prompt fully functional 3D items like drivable cars rather than static meshes, plus tap into real-time voice chat translation and speech APIs.
Roblox just open-sourced Sentinel, an AI safety system built to detect grooming and child endangerment. The tool scans over six billion chat messages daily in real time, using one-minute snapshots to catch coded and indirect language. In early 2025, it proactively caught 35% of detected cases before any user report was filed.
Google, OpenAI, Roblox, and Discord just launched ROOST, a non-profit providing free open-source AI tools to detect and report child exploitation material. Backed by over $27 million, the group plans to share vetted datasets and host moderation APIs. Why it matters: Amid intense regulatory pressure, tech giants are pooling resources to set shared safety standards.
Roblox just launched a real-time AI chat translator supporting 16 languages, powered by its proprietary large language model. When a Korean user types in Korean, an English-speaking player sees it in English while a German speaker reads it in German instantly. It is now live across all Roblox experiences using TextChatService, with voice translation planned next.
Roblox just acquired Finnish voice tech startup Speechly to tackle toxic behavior in voice chat across its platform. Speechly builds AI tools for real-time speech moderation and transcription. The move will help Roblox protect users as it rolls out avatar-based voice calls, though financial terms remain undisclosed.
AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton just cast doubt on the industry's optimism at the Collision conference, warning he isn't convinced good AI can control bad AI. From killer combat robots to AI widening wealth gaps, he argues ethical adoption will come at a steep societal cost, standing in stark contrast to sunny outlooks from DeepMind and Roblox.
Roblox is testing two new generative AI tools for Roblox Studio that turn natural language prompts into 3D materials and working code. The goal is to let creators jump straight into world-building even if they lack 3D modeling skills or coding experience. Both features will roll out to Roblox Studio developers in the coming weeks.
