Report: OpenAI and Mattel hit pause on AI toys

As Controversy Grows, Mattel Scraps Plans for OpenAI Reveal This Year

Experts have been urgently warning that allowing young kids to play with AI-powered toys could have negative consequences, from stunting childhood development by blurring the boundary between imagination and reality to exposing tots to inappropriate subject matters and AI hallucinations. And as it quickly turned out, their worries were not unfounded. Toy makers have unleashed a flood of AI toys that have already been caught telling tykes how to …

Report: OpenAI and Mattel hit pause on AI toys

The partnership was due to deliver a Mattel toy powered by OpenAI this year, but safety concerns are raising questions....