Despite banning minors from using their chatbots, AI companies are happy to let their models be used in children's toys.

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In the long shadow of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, life appears to have bounced back with surprising speed. A new analysis of sedimentation rates suggests that the first wave of marine ...

McDonald's is leaning in to the nostalgia wave with the return of the Changeables Happy Meal. Akin to Transformers, Changeables are toys that look like McDonald's menu items but can be reconfigured ...

Even your Legos are going through a technological revolution. The toy company unveiled its “most significant evolution” in 50 years — the Lego Smart Brick, a standard 2×4 Lego brick with a tiny ...

Stuffed animals that talk back. Chessboards with pieces that move on their own. And a chatty holographic fairy in a crystal ball. Your next toy purchase might be powered by artificial intelligence and ...

From the Nee-Doh Nice Cube to the Magic Arggh Ball to the Mochi Squishy, there’s a surprisingly large and colorful range of squishy gel toys for kids on the market today. They’re often touted as more ...

China's growing AI toy industry is now worth $4 billion. Long a dominant toy manufacturer, China is increasingly incorporating AI into the products as the Xi Jinping administration pushes companies ...

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard blueprint of growth and adaptation. For the first time, scientists have ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — The Marines' Toys of Tots campaign is back for the 2025 holiday season! KARE 11 is proud to partner with the Marines as we collect toy donations at our studios in Golden Valley.