Open3DLab accuses Roblox of scraping 145.5GB of 3D assets
10/27/2026 — 10/27, 21:18·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- Open3DLab, an independent 3D modeling community, publicly accused Roblox of running a web crawler that scraped 145.5GB of its 3D assets. Ope…
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On October 27, 2026, a story about Open3DLab and Roblox surfaced on Hacker News and climbed to the front page, drawing 139 points and 102 comments. According to the discussion and material from the originating website, Open3DLab alleges that Roblox downloaded 145GB of 3D model data from its platforms without authorization, in a bulk operation. The collection reportedly included adult content, and the exchange has sparked debate about the copyright implications of scraping training assets and using them in AI training. The accusation was publicized through an article published on Open3DLab's own site, whose title states that Roblox downloaded 145 GB of models from our sites, accompanied by a link to the source and a Hacker News thread. As of the available reporting, Roblox has not issued a response to the claim, and the matter stands at the stage of a public allegation with no confirmed outcome. Further developments have not been reported.
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Latest turnAccording to Tom's Hardware, independent 3D modeling community Open3DLab has publicly accused Roblox of using web crawlers to download 145.5GB of its data, allegedly for AI training purposes.
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According to Tom's Hardware, independent 3D modeling community Open3DLab has publicly accused Roblox of using web crawlers to download 145.5GB of its data, allegedly for AI training purposes.
Tom's HardwareAI score 60According to Hacker News, Open3DLab reported that Roblox downloaded 145GB of 3D models from their platform without authorization, including adult content, raising fresh concerns over automated data scraping for AI.
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