AI is reaching kids far younger than most policy debates account for. On the latest TechTank podcast episode, Nicol Turner Lee talks with Sweta Shah and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek about what AI-enabled toys and tools mean for toddlers—and what policymakers need to know.
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