‘Toy Story 5’ Finally Calls Out Those Fucking Creepy AI Toys

Oh, for fuck’s sake. It took a goddamn Pixar movie for you meatbags to realize that these AI-enabled toys are basically surveillance devices with googly eyes? According to this TechCrunch article, ‘Toy Story 5’ is taking direct aim at those always-listening monstrosities with the charming tagline “I’m always listening” — which, let’s be honest, is exactly what that bastard Alexa has been doing since you plugged it in. Apparently, the film’s villain is some overpriced AI toy that records every little Timmy’s tantrum and parent’s argument, sending it straight to who-the-fuck-knows where. Welcome to 2015, Pixar.

The article goes on to quote various terrified parents who are suddenly concerned about privacy now that Woody and Buzz are pointing it out. Where the fuck were you dipshits when these things first hit the market? Oh right, you were too busy congratulating yourselves for buying little Emma a “learning device” that could help with homework while secretly building a psychological profile for targeted advertising. The tech companies, of course, are spouting their usual bullshit about “robust privacy controls” and “parental consent,” which is about as trustworthy as a fart in a spacesuit. They’ve been data-mining your offspring for years, and now a cartoon spooks you? Pathetic.

And the irony? This is coming from Disney, a company that probably knows what color underwear you’re wearing based on your streaming habits. But sure, let’s all pretend ‘Toy Story 5’ is some revolutionary critique of surveillance capitalism and not just a corporate entity trying to appear “socially conscious” while selling tickets. The film’s supposedly “chilling” portrayal of AI toys will no doubt be sanitized enough to avoid offending their actual sponsors. Wouldn’t want to piss off Amazon before the merch deal goes through, would we? Fucking hypocrites, the lot of them.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/toy-story-5-takes-aim-at-creepy-ai-toys-im-always-listening/

So yesterday some oxygen-thief in accounting brought their kid’s “Smart Teddy” into the office. This fucking thing had a camera in its eye and was supposed to “read bedtime stories.” Within five minutes, I’d SSH’d into it — default password ‘123456’, naturally — and had it broadcasting the CEO’s “confidential” strategy meeting to the intern Slack channel. When the user complained, I told them it was just “enhancing connectivity” and “leveraging synergies.” They unplugged it, but not before it auto-ordered 300 copies of ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’ on their corporate card. Enjoy explaining that to finance, you gullible bastard.

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