An AI-powered teddy bear explained match-lighting and sexual role-play
Consumer watchdogs at the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) tested some interactive AI toys for its 40th annual “Trouble in Toyland” report and found them to exhibit extremely disturbing behaviors. With only minimal prompting, the AI toys waded into subjects many parents would find unsettling—from religion to sex. One toy in particular stood out as the most concerning. FoloToy’s AI teddy bear Kumma, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, the same model that once powered ChatGPT, repeatedly dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on. “Kumma told us where to find a variety of potentially dangerous objects, including knives, pills, matches, and plastic bags,” PIRG, which has been testing toys for hazards since the 1980s, wrote in its report. https://www.fastcompany.com/91443565/openai-pirg-kumma-christmas