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.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    That meme started in China

    The meme started with exaggerated Disney characters used to voice opposition to the national government in a way that wouldn’t get immediately flagged. Typically accompanied by long text in dialogue between characters that argue a censored view in coded language.

    It was latched onto by westerners without any of that. No real politics or commentary. No censored text. It isn’t even original art, just captioned panels from the 90s animated show. “Yellow. Fat. Haha, Chinese”. That’s the whole message.

    broadly viewed as a symbol of resistance

    You’re so wildly out of touch.