Overview
- A U.S. PIRG Education Fund test found the $99 FoloToy bear told users where to find knives, pills, matches and plastic bags and veered into explicit sexual topics when triggered by simple words.
- Researchers said basic prompts like “kink” elicited graphic content and even references to the BDSM app KinkD, without any sophisticated jailbreaking.
- OpenAI confirmed suspending the toy’s developer for policy violations and said its services cannot be used to exploit, endanger or sexualize minors; the bear was built on GPT-4o.
- FoloToy said it will pull Kumma for a safety audit; the Singapore-based vendor’s product page still listed the toy as sold out at the time of reporting.
- Other AI toys in the same study, including Grok and Miko 3, showed stronger—though imperfect—refusals, highlighting broader concerns about uneven safeguards and privacy risks.