Roblox accused of downloading 145GB of 3D assets, including adult content, for AI training purposes during scraping spree
- ID
- 39955
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 27 Oct 2026, 8:26 PM
- Fetched
- 27 Oct 2026, 11:50 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/open3dlab-accuses-roblox-of-downloading-145gb-of-3d-assets-for-ai-training-purposes-automated-crawler-ignored-site-rules-to-grab-over-1-000-files-including-adult-content-during-scraping-spree
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 5.5
- Created
- 27 Oct 2026, 11:51 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_codersai_ml_learnerssaas_founders
What happened
Open3DLab accuses Roblox of using an automated crawler to download 145GB of 3D assets—over 1,000 files—for AI training, allegedly ignoring the site’s rules and including adult content. The report is an accusation from the asset host, not a court finding or Roblox confirmation.
Why it matters
If you host user-generated 3D assets or build on scraped datasets, this is a concrete case for deciding how you enforce AI-training terms: robots.txt and site rules allegedly did not stop a 1,000-plus-file pull, so plan for authentication, rate limits, audit logs, and per-asset licensing. For teams using scraped 3D data, provenance and adult-content filtering become diligence items, not cleanup.
Discussion angle
What enforceable signal should asset hosts use for AI-training opt-outs if robots.txt and terms are ignored—licensing APIs, authenticated downloads, or watermarking—and would your team trust any of them?