Why AI companies should develop child-friendly toys and how to incentivize them

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Description

Smart toys are proliferating rapidly across the globe, displaying new risks and opportunities for the youngest generation.
Several emerging regulations set minimum requirements for smart toy manufacturers in areas such as cybersecurity and online safety.
Where regulations may have limitations, initiatives such as the Smart Toy Awards actively incentivize smart toy developers to set children's wellbeing and developmental needs as their utmost interaction design priority.

Period	25 Jul 2022

Title	Why AI companies should develop child-friendly toys and how to incentivise them
Duration/Length/Size	1000 words
Country/Territory	Netherlands
Date	25/07/22
Description	Smart toys are proliferating rapidly across the globe, displaying new risks and opportunities for the youngest generation. Several emerging regulations set minimum requirements for smart toy manufacturers in areas such as cybersecurity and online safety. Where regulations may have limitations, initiatives such as the Smart Toy Awards actively incentivize smart toy developers to set children's wellbeing and developmental needs as their utmost interaction design priority.
Producer/Author	Author
Persons	Karolina La Fors, Benjamin Larsen

Title Why AI companies should develop child-friendly toys and how to incentivise them
Date 25/07/22
Persons Karolina La Fors