Germany told parents to destroy this talking doll

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In 2014, a talking doll named My Friend Cayla was voted Innovative Toy of the Year. Three years later the German government was telling parents to destroy it. Cayla listened to a child through a hidden microphone, beamed the audio over Bluetooth to a phone app, searched the internet for an answer, and spoke back after about a one-second delay. — Read the rest The post Germany told parents to destroy this talking doll appeared first on Boing Boing.