Cute dogs Maymo and Penny are startled to find a robot dinosaur in the dining room. When Penny is chased by the evil robot, ...

FoloToy’s AI Sunflower Plush is a $79 screen-free toy that talks, listens, and moves to music, offering kids playful AI ...

Curio, a Redwood City startup, sells stuffed animals, including a talking rocket plushie called Grok that’s voiced by artist Grimes, who has children with billionaire Elon Musk. Bondu, a San Francisco ...

Call it Holiday New Math: Toymakers combine hot trends with the tried-and-true to create gifts for every age group. Pickleball + rattles = Pickleball Baby Set. “Wicked: For Good” movie + Care Bears = ...

Meet Karen Dolva, co-founder and former CEO of the Norwegian tech company No Isolation, helping children with medical conditions attend school. In 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally ...

The AI pet robot plush toy Ropet in Shanghai, China on Oct. 27, 2025. The AI pet robot plush toy Ropet in Shanghai, China on Oct. 27, 2025.CFOTO—Future Publishing via Getty Images Every week brings ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere these days, including children’s toys. Earlier this year, for example, toymaker Mattel announced a partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ...

2025 has been a great year for toys. There are so many amazing options for all age groups that there’s bound to be something for the kids in your life. Our kid testers have been playing with dozens of ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. If you haven’t checked off all the kids on your holiday gift list, you’ll be pleased to know that a ton ...

A postwar robot toy car known as the “Honeymoon Car” has sold for $233.7k – more than the price of a Tesla. The rare Japanese toy with a robot driver and a robot passenger seems to have been ...

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

Teddy bears and stuffed plushies have long been a mainstay in toy collections. But today they don’t talk back in a child’s imagination — some talk through built-in AI chatbots. Sometimes that’s a ...