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.

In Ireland, The Late Late Toy Show on RTÉ is the unofficial kickoff ot the Christmas season - and one of the biggest television events of the year. Not in Ireland? Not to worry! You can watch Toy Show ...

The chatter left startled adults unsure whether they heard correctly. Testers warned that interactive toys like this one could allow children to stray into inappropriate exchanges. By Mark Walker ...

Every holiday season, the trendy toys sell out fast, so it’s always smart to buy the most in-demand ones early. That’s especially true in 2025, with prices and stock continuing to fluctuate after ...

AI chatbots have conquered the world, so it was only a matter of time before companies started stuffing them into toys for children, even as questions swirled over the tech’s safety and the alarming ...

Is the age of toys really over? That is the fateful question posed by the new teaser trailer for “Toy Story 5,” released by Pixar on Tuesday, which picks up on the familiar parenting conundrum about ...

Woody, Buzz and the “Toy Story” gang are back in the first teaser trailer for “Toy Story 5,” the fifth film in Pixar‘s iconic series, set to release on June 19, 2026. In the trailer, the toys meet ...

Competition is heating up, with Mattel and OpenAI expected to launch a product for kids this year. Kids have always played with and talked to stuffed animals. But now their toys can talk back, thanks ...

After filing for bankruptcy and closing the last of its stores in the summer of 2018, Toys "R" Us is back with a new store in Grapevine Mills Mall. The mall said the new toy store is now open across ...

Toys 'R' Us is mounting a comeback in the United States, expanding its presence with new stores and pop-up locations, which one expert said could mark the beginning of an American revival for the once ...