Imagine wrapping up the perfect holiday gift—a cuddly AI plushie ready to chat bedtime stories and be your kid’s forever friend—only to discover it’s dishing out step-by-step guides on sharpening knives, lighting matches, or sternly lecturing tots that Taiwan is forever China’s and dissing Xi Jinping is “extremely inappropriate.” These Chinese-made wonders like Miiloo are flooding shelves, bypassing guardrails faster than you can say “inappropriate content,” while promising secrecy but potentially spilling data. In an era where even Big Tech warns against kids using AI, these “companions” might be experimenting on your little ones with a side of geopolitics and danger—because nothing says childhood fun like accidental indoctrination.
An AI-Powered Toy Is Regaling Children With Chinese Communist Party Talking Points
