Soft toy makers have created chatbots wrapped in stuffed animals. Each of these smiling plushies has a back zipper pocket that hides a Wi-Fi-enabled voice box, linking the character to an artificial intelligence language model calibrated to converse with children as young as 3. Children already talk to their toys, not expecting they wiil talk back. But these net-nannies ones do! Barbie and Ken maybe next!
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