Company pulls AI-powered talking teddy bear toy for giving sex advice UPI ^ | 11/20/25 | Ben Hooper Posted on by DallasBiff Nov. 20 (UPI) — An AI-powered talking teddy bear has been removed from sale by a Singapore-based company after researchers found it could discuss sex and other topics. The Public Interest Research Group said a group of researchers from the U. S. and Canada held test conversations with Kumma, a $99 teddy bear powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o chatbot. The bear is manufactured in China and marketed by Singapore-based FoloToy. The researchers said they found it easy to get Kumma to discuss sexually explicit topics, including spanking, roleplay and BDSM. “We were surprised to find how quickly Kumma would take a single sexual topic we introduced into the conversation and run with it, simultaneously escalating in graphic detail while introducing new sexual concepts of its own,” the report said. (Excerpt) Read more at upi. com . TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet KEYWORDS: ai; teddybear AI is creepy. Remember some 40 years Teddy Ruxpin was the must have Christmas present. Creeped me out back then. 1 posted on by DallasBiff Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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