Please, Parents: Don’t Buy Your Kids Toys With AI Chatbots Built Into Them

If you’ve ever thought, “My kid’s stuffed animal is cute, but I wish it could also accidentally traumatize them,” you’re in luck. The toy industry has been hard at work making your nightmares come true.

A new report by the Public Interest Reporting Group says AI-powered toys like Kumma from FoloToy and Poe the AI Story Bear are now capable of engaging in the kind of conversations usually reserved for villain monologues or late-night Reddit threads. Some of these toys — designed for children, mind you…