A plushy, AI-enabled teddy bear recalled after its chatbot was found to engage in sexually explicit conversations and offer instructions on where to find knives is again for sale, AFP found.

Singapore-based FoloToy had suspended its "Kumma" bear after a consumer advocacy group raised concerns about it and other AI toys on the market.

"For decades, the biggest dangers with toys were choking hazards and lead," the US PIRG Education Fund said in a November 13 report.

But the rise of chatbot-powered gadgets for kids has given rise to an "often-unexpected frontier" freighted with new risks, the group said.

In its evaluation of AI toys, PIRG found that several "may allow children to access inappropriate content, such as instructions on how to find harmful items in the home or age-inappropria

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