(NewsNation) — Child advocacy groups are warning parents about artificial intelligence-powered toys as holiday shopping begins.

Fairplay, a nonprofit children's safety organization that opposes commercialism targeting children, issued an advisory on Thursday, warning about the dangers of AI toys.

“The serious harms that AI chatbots have inflicted on children are well-documented, including fostering obsessive use, having explicit sexual conversations, and encouraging unsafe behaviors, violence against others, and self-harm,” Fairplay said.

Last week, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund released its annual “Trouble in Toyland” report, which examined four AI toys and found some engage in sexual conversations, offer advice on where to find dangerous objects and have littl

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