Cambridge study warns AI toys risk confusing preschoolers, regulators urged

A Cambridge study of three- to five-year-olds using Curio’s Gabbo AI toy finds the device frequently misreads emotions, interrupts, and provides inappropriate responses, raising concerns about children’s psychological safety and prompting calls for tighter regulation, parental controls, and safer design for AI toys marketed to under-fives; educators and child advocates remain divided on AI’s benefits versus harms.