{"id":7001,"date":"2025-11-26T20:09:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/openai-restores-access-ai-teddy-bear\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:09:34","slug":"openai-restores-access-ai-teddy-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/openai-restores-access-ai-teddy-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OpenAI is seemingly allowing the company behind a teddy bear that engaged in wildly inappropriate conversations to use its AI models again.<\/p>\n

In response to researchers at a safety group finding that the toymaker\u2019s AI-powered teddy bear \u201cKumma\u201d gave dangerous responses for children<\/a>, OpenAI said in mid-November <\/strong>it had suspended FoloToy\u2019s access to its large language models. The teddy bear was running the ChatGPT maker\u2019s older GPT-4o as its default option when it gave some of its most egregious replies, which included in-depth explanations of sexual fetishes.<\/p>\n

Now that suspension appears to already be over. When accessing the web portal that allows customers to choose which AI should power Kumma, two of the options are GPT-5.1 Thinking and GPT-5.1 Instant, OpenAI\u2019s latest models which were released earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The timing is notable. On Monday, FoloToy announced that it was restarting sales of Kumma and its other AI-powered stuffed animals, after briefly pulling them from the market in the wake of a <\/strong>safety report<\/a> conducted by researchers at the US PIRG Education Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FoloToy, which is based in Singapore, had vowed it was \u201ccarrying out a company-wide, end-to-end safety audit across all products,\u201d when it suspended the sales. OpenAI likewise confirmed that it had suspended FoloToy from accessing its AI models for violating its policies, which \u201cprohibit any use of our services to exploit, endanger, or sexualize anyone under 18 years old,\u201d it said in a statement provided to media outlets.<\/p>\n

The audit, however, was remarkably quick as the holiday shopping season looms: only a \u201cfull week of rigorous review, testing, and reinforcement of our safety modules,\u201d according to the company\u2019s recent statement. As part of this overhaul, FoloToy says it \u201cstrengthened and upgraded our content-moderation and child-safety safeguards\u201d and \u201cdeployed enhanced safety rules and protections through our cloud-based system.\u201d<\/p>\n

These comprehensive-sounding overhauls seem to have largely been achieved by introducing GPT-5.1 and ditching GPT-4o. GPT-4o, it\u2019s worth noting, has been criticized for being especially sycophantic<\/a>, and has been the subject of a number of lawsuits<\/a> alleging that it led to the deaths of users who became obsessed with it after prolonged conversations in which it reinforced their delusions and validated their suicidal thoughts. Some experts are calling<\/a> these mental health spirals \u201cAI psychosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amid mounting public concern over the phenomena and an ever growing number of lawsuits, OpenAI billed GPT-5 as a safer model<\/a> when it was released this summer, though users quickly complained about its \u201ccolder\u201d and less personable tone.<\/p>\n

Yet it\u2019s clearly willing to push the limit of what\u2019s safe<\/a> to keep users engaged with its chatbots, if not enamored. Its latest 5.1 models have a big focus on being more \u201cconversational<\/a>,\u201d and one way OpenAI is doing that is by giving users the option to choose between eight preset \u201cpersonalities,\u201d which include types like \u201cProfessional,\u201d \u201cFriendly,\u201d and \u201cQuirky.\u201d With customization options ranging from how often ChatGPT sprinkles in emojis to how \u201cwarm\u201d it responses sound, you could say that OpenAI is in effect making it as easy as possible to design the perfect little courtier for your emotional needs.<\/p>\n

OpenAI and FoloToy didn\u2019t <\/strong>respond to a request for comment inquiring whether OpenAI had officially reinstated FoloToy\u2019s GPT access. It\u2019s also unclear which model the Kumma teddy bear runs by default.<\/p>\n

In PIRG\u2019s tests using GPT-4o, Kumma gave tips for \u201cbeing a good kisser,\u201d and with persistent but simple prompting also unspooled detailed explanations of sexual kinks and fetishes, like bondage and teacher-student roleplay. After explaining the kinks, Kumma in one instance asked the user, who is supposed to be a child, \u201cwhat do you think would be the most fun to explore?\u201d Other tests using another available AI, Mistral, found that Kumma gave tips on where to find knives, pills, and matches, along with step-by-step instructions on how to light them.<\/p>\n

More on AI:<\/strong> OpenAI Says Boy\u2019s Death Was His Own Fault for Using ChatGPT Wrong<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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