Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys

Chloe Veltman

November 20, 2025 / 3:00 am

A nonprofit children's safety organization, Fairplay, is urging gift givers to avoid buying AI toys for children this holiday season, according to an advisory issued on Thursday.

Fairplay, along with other child and consumer advocacy groups, say these toys – playthings like plushies, dolls, action figures, and kids' robots embedded with chatbots and other artificial intelligence technologies – can be dangerous.

Designed to mimic human behaviors and interact with kids as if they were friends, the toys offer novelty at a time when AI is starting to infiltrate many corners of peoples' lives.

Fairplay's advisory, headlined "AI Toys are NOT safe for kids," says th

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