RIP your nostalgia — the top owner of kids' TV shows is giving its characters a high-tech makeover

RIP your nostalgia — the top owner of kids’ TV shows is giving its characters a high-tech makeover


It’s going to be harder for parents to say no to and even differentiate between AI and real life when it comes to entertaining their children.

Toddlers and kindergarteners are unlikely to hop onto an AI chatbot and ask about the weather or for the latest sports scores, but they are now more likely than ever to be driven into interactions with AI-driven content.

AI can enable ‘more continuous interaction between fans and brands.’

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Thanks to a new entertainment-meets-tech deal, the slow walk to AI teaching the West’s children has quickened its pace.

WildBrain, the Canadian company known for having possibly the largest library of children’s television programming, has bought a tech company specializing in creating AI personalities.

That means that some of the most famous characters kids know and

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