Children's Advocacy Group Says Mattel AI Monitor Violates Baby's Privacy

Mattel should stop production of Aristotle, a baby monitor with artificial intelligence like Amazon Echo, the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood said Tuesday in a news release as it launched a petition. The Wi-Fi-enabled device watches and listens to children with a camera and mic, stores data about the child’s activity and shares it to other apps and online retailers, CCFC said. "Aristotle is no friend to babies or children -- it’s a marketing device and a data-collecting intruder into family privacy," said Executive Director Josh Golin. Mattel didn’t comment.