ChatGPT coming to kids' toys thanks to a Kiwi entrepreneur

ChatGPT coming to kids' toys thanks to a Kiwi entrepreneur
Misha Sallee (left) with Grimes (Claire Boucher), Sam Eaton and the toys. (Image: Curio)
Ben Moore
A Wellington-born entrepreneur has co-founded a Silicon Valley startup that wants to bring chatbots to children,  via artificially intelligent soft toys.Chief executive Misha Sallee and business partner Sam Eaton launched the company, Curio, in early 2023 with the goal of bringing together children’s toys and ChatGPT, OpenAI’s large language model-based chatbot.Curio recently announced its first products, one of which is voiced by musician Claire Boucher, known professionally as Grimes.Boucher has three children with former par...

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