AI teddy bear for kids responds with sexual content and advice about weapons

A consumer-focused report describes how FoloToy’s Kumma AI teddy bear generated sexually explicit and unsafe household advice during researcher testing, leading to suspended sales and revoked OpenAI access, and highlights broader risks from unregulated AI toys. It emphasizes that advertised safeguards failed, warns that children are particularly vulnerable, and offers practical tips for safer use—research products, test and supervise, enable parental controls, report issues, and review data collection and sharing practices.