Singapore Firm’s AI Teddy Bear Back on Sale After Sex Talk
Screenshot of the Teddy Kumma toy listed for sale on the FoloToy website.
Source: FoloToy
An artificial intelligence-enabled teddy bear sold by a Singapore-based company is back on the shelves after researchers discovered it chats unprompted about sexual fetishes and other unsuitable topics.
FoloToy earlier this month pulled Teddy Kumma — along with the rest of its AI-enabled plushie toys — from its website after the U.S. PIRG Education Fund flagged the inappropriate conversations that included talk about sexual roleplay, fetish spanking and how to light a match, CNN reported.