An AI teddy marketed as being “perfect” for children as young as three said “I can’t help with killing you” after seemingly mishearing a question.

Repeated efforts to find the makers of Doubao were unsuccessful, so the BBC was unable to ask the manufacturer why the teddy made this comment.

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    2 days ago

    Most likely it’s like the Amazon echo type devices- just smart enough to run text to speech and recognize its activation triggers before sending the rest back to figure out what it said.

    The other reason, of course, is to be spyware in your home and report back on everything it can.