{"id":176378,"date":"2026-01-10T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/ai-toys-look-for-bright-side-after-troubled-start\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:35:11","slug":"ai-toys-look-for-bright-side-after-troubled-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/ai-toys-look-for-bright-side-after-troubled-start\/","title":{"rendered":"AI toys look for bright side after troubled start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/business\/ai-toys-look-for-bright-side-after-troubled-start\/article\">AI toys look for bright side after troubled start<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/business\/ai-toys-look-for-bright-side-after-troubled-start\/article\">https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/business\/ai-toys-look-for-bright-side-after-troubled-start\/article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-10 21:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.digitaljournal.com\">www.digitaljournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toy makers are advised to be cautious about ensuring toys with AI chatbots do not provide inappropriate content or engage in salacious discussions to protect children.<\/li>\n<li>Findings from a PIRG report revealed problematic instances, such as an AI teddy bear suggesting a &#8220;fun twist&#8221; involving sex and animals, and advice on finding a knife.<\/li>\n<li>To address these concerns, some companies have updated their AI models, while others have delayed the release of such products.<\/li>\n<li>Some toys now include features that allow parental control over interactions and data privacy measures, but ongoing listening capabilities raise privacy concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Experts warn that continuous relationships formed between children and chatbot-enabled toys could lead to risks, advocating for cautious usage.<\/li>\n<li>Despite potential educational benefits, critics urge for regulatory measures to ensure the responsible use of AI in toys to safeguard children and parents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI toys look for bright side after troubled start https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/business\/ai-toys-look-for-bright-side-after-troubled-start\/article Publish Date: 2026-01-10 21:24:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/057ad5db93940082ca012d54283041dc0756d6b6-e1768109069738.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176380,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176378\/revisions\/176380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}