A University of Cincinnati study found that children ages 5-10 are enthusiastic and trusting of AI-powered interactive toys like the robot Miko, contrasting with parental concerns. Researchers emphasize the need for early AI literacy education so children understand both capabilities and limitations of the technology, while noting potential benefits for social development alongside privacy and content safeguard concerns.
Toyota is training humanoid robots with worker assistance to deploy 400,000 factory robots by 2028, investing $6.42 billion annually. The company plans 150,000 robots in its own plants and 250,000 at group facilities, though executives claim the shift aims for human-robot coexistence rather than workforce replacement.
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses capture first-person video data that could train AI systems and robots to understand the physical world, addressing a gap in machine learning that text and images alone cannot fill. The glasses provide the scale of real-world footage needed to teach robots about object interaction, spatial relationships, and everyday tasks. However, this training approach raises significant privacy concerns since people around the wearer may be recorded without consent.