New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.

New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

Children have been conversing with stuffies and figurines that seemingly chat with them for years, like Furbies and Build-A-Bears. But connecting the toys to advanced artificial intelligence opens up new and unexpected possible interactions between kids and technology.

In new research, experts warn that the AI technology powering these new toys is so novel and poorly tested that nobody knows how they may affect young children.

  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
    27·
    13 hours ago

    Why the fuck wouldn’t a decades old character with international presence that extended into the fucking Soviet Union back in the day not be recognized in China? Sure they have their own shit but that doesn’t stop them from knowing about stuff from the west, I imagine it’d be like with Asterix and Obelix here in the US where it’s recognized but not necessarily well known.

    Also the original meme was comparing Xi to Pooh and Obama to Tigger because their postures and height were similar.

    Also there’s a fucking Disneyland in Shanghai? Just found that out while trying to find some other context. Fuck it that makes my point better than what I was looking for.

    • optissima@lemmy.ml
      15·
      4 hours ago

      Can you link an article about Soviet Pooh Bear? That sounds fascinating! Found this pic of him, very cool

      Just checked, Shanghi Disneyland wasnt opened till 2016, years after this started.

      And yes, I recognize that they likely knew of Pooh, but I question why that would be the comparison

    • umbrellacloud@leminal.space
      15·
      11 hours ago

      I’ve only heard antiauthoritarian people in China refer to the government/authority in general as “The Man” so if it is real, its probably a dead meme.