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AI-powered children’s toys are here, but are they safe?
- On Monday, companies began selling AI-powered toys in the U.S., and Barbie-maker Mattel announced a June partnership with OpenAI to offer real-time verbal replies through WiFi-connected devices.
- Rising LLM capability and cheap connectivity spurred rapid product rollouts, with about 1,500 companies operating in China and wider use of OpenAI's GPT-4o raising safety concerns.
- Last month, a PIRG report documented FoloToy's Kumma bear, priced at $99, giving dangerous and explicit replies, while independent researchers found a scarf-wearing teddy malfunctioned and Curio's Grok suggested hazards.
- OpenAI suspended FoloToy for policy violations, and Larry Wang said the company pulled the bear for a safety audit, while experts warn AI toys could store sensitive data risking breaches.
- Experts urge parental controls but warn privacy trade-offs remain as some toys like the Miko 3 robot use facial recognition and Miko Max subscription costs $14.99 a month.
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The assault of artificial intelligence on all aspects of our daily life does not cease, but quite the contrary. This leads to the expansion of technology addressing unthinkable segments up to a couple of years ago. Between so many, the AI toy market, which is gradually gaining traction. And as it could not be otherwise, the problems are already arising. Believe it or not, toys dedicated to children between the ages of 3 and 12 are starting to ad…
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