New research shows AI companies are doing virtually nothing to monitor how their chatbots are used in children’s toys.

Like many kids before her, my 9-year-old was taken in with the promise of a toy. This one was an AI-enabled robot. She pictured herself having a seamless back-and-forth conversation with it. She ...

Miko, a company that makes toys powered by AI, is including an AI off-switch for its core technology after political pressure and probes of their products.

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 ...

AI Chatbots have become commonplace in today’s digital world thanks to software like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Now, a new alarming report has emerged, revealing that companies have started ...

Online ads have gotten really good at selling us stuff, especially on social media. And sometimes, they look too good to be ...

A nonprofit children's safety organization, Fairplay, is urging gift givers to avoid buying AI toys for children this holiday season, according to an advisory issued on Thursday. Fairplay, along with ...

The AI pet robot plush toy Ropet in Shanghai, China on Oct. 27, 2025. The AI pet robot plush toy Ropet in Shanghai, China on Oct. 27, 2025.CFOTO—Future Publishing via Getty Images Every week brings ...