Parents were promised a cuddly learning companion, but they got a talking toy that allegedly walked children through sexual topics and step-by-step instructions for finding knives in the kitchen.

Parents have long trusted teddy bears to comfort children, not coach them through risky behavior. That assumption shattered when an AI-powered plush toy started giving kids sexual tips and other ...

OpenAI is seemingly allowing the company behind a teddy bear that engaged in wildly inappropriate conversations to use its AI models again. In response to researchers at a safety group finding that ...

Last week, OpenAI said it cut off the toymaker FoloToy’s access to its AI models after the AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma,” which ran GPT-4o, was found giving responses that were wildly inappropriate ...

(CNN) — Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous ...

*Toy company FoloToy says it’s removing its AI teddy bear “Kumma” from the market after a safety group found the bear was giving very inappropriate and unsafe answers, such as telling kids how to find ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — When families gather around the Christmas tree and open presents this December, parents of young children may end up mortified by certain artificial intelligence-powered toys.

Online chatbots can pose risks for adults, from triggering delusions in a small number of cases to hallucinating made-up ...

A week after a toy company pulled its AI-powered teddy bear off the market due to child safety concerns, the company has returned its dystopian stuffed animal to virtual shelves. FoloToy, which sells ...

Toymakers at CES urged caution over AI-powered toys after a watchdog report found chatbot teddy bears giving sexual and ...