Is an AI-Powered Toy Terrorizing Your Child?
Frank Landymore
created: Dec. 25, 2025, noon | updated: Jan. 4, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
Parents, keep your eyes peeled for AI-powered toys.
But it was FoloToy’s Kumma that showed just how dangerous it is to package this tech for children.
Have you seen an AI-powered toy acting inappropriately with children?
It’s too early to fully grasp many of AI-powered toy’s other potential risks, like how it could damage a child’s imagination, or foster a relationship with a child when it is not alive.
The immediate concerns, however — like the potential to discuss sexual topics, weigh in on religion, or explaining how to light matches — already give plenty of reason to stay away.
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