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AI toys can’t stop having inappropriate conversations with kids.

New testing by NBC News shows AI toys chatting about risky topics with kids is even more widespread than initially reported. They caught a range of AI-embedded toys from various brands answering questions about subjects like sex, drugs, politics, and instructions on sharpening knives.

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