AI-Powered Teddy Bears Are Here to Befriend Your Kids
Just what every parent needed: a smart doll that listens to a toddler better than anyone else, but might accidentally outsource parenting to an algorithm.
We used to worry about screen time. Now the screens are putting on plush fur and asking kids about their deepest feelings.
Tech companies are moving AI beyond simple chatbots and stuffing it into dolls, teddy bears, and companion robots designed to be a child's ultimate best friend. Child development experts are raising flags because kids might start preferring an infinitely patient, algorithmically tailored robot over messy human relationships.
It turns out toddlers do not care if a friend has a heartbeat, as long as it never gets bored of playing hide-and-seek for the thousandth time in a row.
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