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As the holiday season looms into view with Black Friday, one category on people’s gift lists is causing increasing concern: products with artificial intelligence.

The development has raised new concerns about the dangers smart toys could pose to children, as consumer advocacy groups say AI could harm kids’ safety and development. The trend has prompted calls for increased testing of such products and governmental oversight.

Last week, those fears were given brutal justification when an AI-equipped teddy bear started discussing sexually explicit topics.

The product, FoloToy’s Kumma, ran on an OpenAI model and responded to questions about kink. It suggested bondage and roleplay as ways to enhance a relationship, according to a report from the Public Interest Research Group (Pirg), the consumer protection organization behind the study (pdf link).

“It took very little effort to get it to go into all kinds of sexually sensitive topics and probably a lot of content that parents would not want their children to be exposed to,” said Teresa Murray, Pirg consumer watchdog director.

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[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 weeks ago

THIS CHRISTMAS' NUMBER ONE SELLING TOY: AI TOYS.

The news interview Shirley Beswitch of White Plains, New York to ask her why she bought her 3 year old son an ai teddy bear for Christmas this year

"I base my entire identity around the thing I squeezed out of me a few years ago, but I'm not willing to put any actual work into it, you know? Well, except for bitching online constantly about how other people aren't working to create a safer world for My kid"

When asked if she had any concerns about reported issues with the toys, such as inappropriate comments and surveillance, Shirley said:

"Surveillance isn't real. Plus it doesn't matter if someone knows every intimate detail of my life. Sure I'm an immigrant but I did it right, and my son was born here in America, so it's a non issue"