It’s gift-giving season, and some consumer and child advocacy groups are raising concerns about the latest buzz-worthy AI toys Elva Etienne/Getty Images
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A nonprofit children’s safety organization, Fairplay, is urging gift givers to avoid buying AI toys for children this holiday season, according to an advisory issued on Thursday.
Fairplay, along with other child and consumer advocacy groups, say these toys – playthings like plushies, dolls, action figures, and kids’ robots embedded with chatbots and other artificial intelligence technologies – can be dangerous.
Designed to mimic human behaviors and interact with kids as if they were friends,