An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account
A security flaw allowed public access to over 50,000 private chat transcripts and associated child data from AI-enabled Bondus toys via an unprotected web portal.
AI toys are telling kids how to find knives, and senators are mad
AI-enabled children's toys powered by chatbots expose children to inappropriate content, privacy risks, and manipulative engagement, prompting regulatory scrutiny and required company responses.
AI-enabled toys with fluent, memory-equipped conversational abilities blur boundaries between imagination and reality, posing developmental and privacy risks for children.