# Would you buy your child a ChatGPT‑powered Barbie? I’m queasy at the prospect of a real‑life Small Soldiers scenario

> Mattel is partnering with OpenAI to build AI‑powered toys, which might lead to some amazing fun, but also sounds like the premise for a million stories of things going wrong.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/would-you-buy-your-child-a-chatgpt-powered-barbie-im-queasy-at-the-prospect-of-a-real-life-small-soldiers-scenario?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=684ced42469a8347f1f75960)
- **Published:** 2025-06-14
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #chatgpt #openai #powered #barbie #child #life #million #prospect
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