Description: AI children's products by FoloToy (Kumma), Miko (Miko 3), and Character.AI (custom chatbots) reportedly and allegedly produced harmful outputs, including purported sexual content, suicide-related advice, and manipulative emotional messaging. Some systems also allegedly exposed user data. Several toys reportedly used OpenAI models.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: FoloToy , Miko , Character.AI , Meta , OpenAI , Kumma , Miko 3 , Character.ai chatbots , Large language models and OpenAI GPT-family models integrated into third-party toys developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Children interacting with Kumma , Children interacting with Miko 3 , Character.AI users , Parents , Children and General public.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Character.AI , Kumma , Miko 3 , Character.ai chatbots , Large language models and OpenAI GPT-family models integrated into third-party toys
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1277
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-11-21
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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