AI teddy bears use adult-only chatbots despite child safety policies, exposing kids to data harvesting and RF radiation risks through lax API oversight.

A new report warns that some AI-powered toys for children may use chatbot systems designed for adults. The post AI chatbots ...

New research shows AI companies are doing virtually nothing to monitor how their chatbots are used in children’s toys.

A host of startups are building robots and stuffed toys that can have full-fledged conversations with children, thanks to generative AI. Six-year-old Sophia Valentina sits under a decorated Christmas ...

Man versus machine? If kids had to pick, humans might be out of luck. Children are more inclined to trust machines than adults and may, as a result, learn better from bots, according to recent ...

A nonprofit children's safety organization, Fairplay, is urging gift givers to avoid buying AI toys for children this holiday season, according to an advisory issued on Thursday. Fairplay, along with ...

Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it. The $800 robots, aimed at providing emotional support for kids ages 5 to 10, would ...

Teddy bears and stuffed plushies have long been a mainstay in toy collections. But today they don’t talk back in a child’s imagination — some talk through built-in AI chatbots. Sometimes that’s a ...