AI toys are telling kids how to find knives, and senators are mad

Sexual fetish content. How to airy a match. Where to find knives successful the home.

These are each speech topics that recently-recalled children's toys - built atop AI chatbots similar OpenAI's GPT-4o - are susceptible of bringing up to children. On Tuesday, U.S. senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to artifact companies astir their concerns - including a database of questions and a deadline for the companies to respond by January 6, 2026.

"Many of these toys are not offering interactive play, but alternatively are exposing children to inappropriate content, privateness risks, and manipulative engagement tactics," the …

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