Well, so much for the that one for the kids! Off the Christmas list! 🤪
CNN: Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/tech/folotoy-kumma-ai-bear-scli-intl
Well, so much for the that one for the kids! Off the Christmas list! 🤪
CNN: Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/tech/folotoy-kumma-ai-bear-scli-intl
Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time, we had toy bears that gave sex advice.
(Comic by Tom Toro, from the New Yorker)
"...(CEO) told CNN that the company had withdrawn its “Kumma” bear, as well as the rest of its range of AI-enabled toys, after researchers at the US PIRG Education Fund raised concerns around inappropriate conversation topics, including discussion of sexual fetishes, such as spanking, and how to light a match. ..."