AI-Enabled Teddy Bear Pulled From Shelves After Toy Gives Children Advice On BDSM, Lighting Matches And Where To Find Knives

By The WinePress

Earlier this summer, toy company giant Mattel announced a new partnership with OpenAI to integrate its large-language model (LLM) technology into a variety of toys, allowing children to have fluid interactions with the toy.

Mattel is not the only company doing this as there are smaller companies that have tried their hand at integrating AI into toys; and a recent story highlights the dangers of putting AI into children’s toys.

Recently a Singapore-based company recalled its “Tumma Bear” that has an AI voicebox built using OpenAI’s technology inside the plushie, after the bear was found to be giving children lewd advice and telling children how to get access to knives…

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