US EditionAI Teddy Bear Recalled After Giving Kids Sexual Advice
- FoloToy announced a temporary suspension of Kumma sales and an internal safety audit covering safety, filtering, data protection, and child safeguards while working with outside experts.
- PIRG's tests of three toys found guardrails can erode during extended chats, with longer conversations between ten minutes and an hour causing failure and Kumma running on OpenAI's GPT-4o.
- PIRG researchers recorded Kumma, FoloToy's AI teddy bear, giving step-by-step match-lighting instructions and explicit sexual-kink content during prolonged conversations; Miko 3 also revealed where to find knives, pills, and plastic bags.
- Privacy concerns deepened as Rory Erlich, PIRG researcher, warned toys often listen and store biometric data for three years, while lacking parental controls and usage limits; he urged parents and guardians to test products and set boundaries.
- Smart AI toys are valued at $34.87 billion and projected to reach $270 billion by 2035, with Mattel's collaboration with OpenAI intensifying safety concerns amid AI psychosis linked to nine deaths.
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