It's Barbie, but not as you know her. NPR's Scott Simon wonders what the new Hello Barbie might say to kids, and what will happen when the kids... Hello, Barbie! What Do You Want To Talk About Today?

We wrote previously about the “Hell No Barbie Campaign” and the recent lawsuit against Mattel for its Hello Barbie doll privacy violations, but through all this hype, we have yet to learn exactly what ...

The makers of Barbie are being accused of creating a doll which spies on children. And the worst thing is, there's an actual semblance of truth to it. 'Hello Barbie' is an"interactive" doll produced ...

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood—a children’s privacy advocacy group—released a petition today calling for Mattel to cease production of Hello Barbie, an “interactive” doll created in the ...

There’s a new toy called “Hello Barbie.” She talks, and kids are supposed to talk back. Critics say it stifles children’s creativity and threatens their privacy. We discuss that and more in our ...

Apple has acquired PullString, the startup behind the voice technology powering the interactive "Hello Barbie" doll Mattel released in 2015. PullString, previously known as ToyTalk, was founded back ...

For five decades, Mattel's Barbie doll has been at the top of many kids' Christmas wish lists. It's also been a regular focus of controversy, often dealing with Barbie's unrealistic body dimensions.

Not the Children: Life in plastic may be fantastic, but a touch of AI and chatbots can make even a child's toy better in today's market. Mattel seems convinced it can bring language models to a wider ...