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 ...

FoloToy paused sales of its AI teddy bear Kumma after a safety group found the toy gave risky and inappropriate responses during testing. Now the company says it has restored sales after a week of ...

An AI-powered toy might seem like a trendy thing to give your kids this holiday season, but major advocacy groups are begging parents to reconsider. According to Fairplay, an advocacy group that aims ...

With the rise of artificial intelligence, many toy companies, like FoloToys, are integrating these technologies into their ...

*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 ...

“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 Writer and ...

This season, a new kind of “toy” is raising serious alarm bells. The AI-powered teddy bear Kumma, made by FoloToy and built on an advanced language model, recently gave disturbing responses — ...

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 ...

A plushy, AI-enabled teddy bear recalled after its chatbot was found to engage in sexually explicit conversations and offer instructions on where to find knives is again for sale, AFP found. Singapore ...

Researchers with a consumer watchdog group said they discovered that an AI-powered talking teddy bear was capable of discussing inappropriate topics, including sexually explicit content and ...