Last year, sales of a soft brown teddy bear were temporarily discontinued from stores after the plush, AI-enabled toy talked ...

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.

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 ...

One stuffed bear intended for children, powered by artificial intelligence, offered researchers detailed instructions on how to light a match, where to find a knife and different types of kinks.

“We found one troubling example. How many others are still out there?” said one of the co-authors of the report exposing the toy's dangerous capabilities Abigail Adams is a Human Interest ...

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 ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --An AI-powered talking teddy bear has been removed from sale by a Singapore-based company after researchers found it could discuss sex and other topics. The Public Interest Research ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere these days, including children’s toys. Earlier this year, for example, toymaker Mattel announced a partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ...

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A brand spanking-new FoloToy teddy bear can be yours once again. However, he may now be less knowledgeable about spanking. The infamous "Kumma" children's AI teddy bear, once an expert in BDSM and ...

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 advice.