As the holidays approach, artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are being recommended by experts to help navigate the holiday hustle. Lexie Sachs, executive director at Good Housekeeping Institute, said AI can help you find the best deals on flights to help you get home to loved ones, or even help plan a last-minute holiday vacation. “I recently used ChatGPT to try to figure out if we can pull off a last-minute family vacation. And it advised me that just flying on Christmas or New Year’s would actually save my family a lot of money. So having that information was really helpful,” Sachs said.The team at Good Housekeeping has been testing toys for their fall holiday toys guide, including some AI products. Sachs highlighted the Ray-Ban meta glasses as an excellent AI gift. “I’m a mom. I’m able to just say, ‘hey, Meta, take a video,’ and it starts the video hands-free. These glasses have AI built into it so you can have live translation in real time, where it’ll be translating conversations for you,” she said.However, she said kids’ toys featuring artificial intelligence may not be as “wish list ready.” Sachs said the team tested a teddy bear meant to give AI stories, which malfunctioned and spoke gibberish. “My daughter put it in the closet and never wanted to look at it again,” she said.Sachs said families should use their judgment and start slow when considering AI toys. “It has a lot of potential. It’s very cool, but it is still prone to error. And having an error in a toy can kind of have a bigger backlash than having an AI error in an adult product,” Sachs said.While Sachs is not buying AI toys for her kids, she said her family has started incorporating AI into their play by prompting questions like, “help me design my dream bedroom” or “help me name this toy,” which she said has been a fun experience for them.
As the holidays approach, artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are being recommended by experts to help navigate the holiday hustle.
Lexie Sachs, executive director at Good Housekeeping Institute, said AI can help you find the best deals on flights to help you get home to loved ones, or even help plan a last-minute holiday vacation.
“I recently used ChatGPT to try to figure out if we can pull off a last-minute family vacation. And it advised me that just flying on Christmas or New Year’s would actually save my family a lot of money. So having that information was really helpful,” Sachs said.
The team at Good Housekeeping has been testing toys for their fall holiday toys guide, including some AI products.
Sachs highlighted the Ray-Ban meta glasses as an excellent AI gift.
“I’m a mom. I’m able to just say, ‘hey, Meta, take a video,’ and it starts the video hands-free. These glasses have AI built into it so you can have live translation in real time, where it’ll be translating conversations for you,” she said.
However, she said kids’ toys featuring artificial intelligence may not be as “wish list ready.” Sachs said the team tested a teddy bear meant to give AI stories, which malfunctioned and spoke gibberish.
“My daughter put it in the closet and never wanted to look at it again,” she said.
Sachs said families should use their judgment and start slow when considering AI toys.
“It has a lot of potential. It’s very cool, but it is still prone to error. And having an error in a toy can kind of have a bigger backlash than having an AI error in an adult product,” Sachs said.
While Sachs is not buying AI toys for her kids, she said her family has started incorporating AI into their play by prompting questions like, “help me design my dream bedroom” or “help me name this toy,” which she said has been a fun experience for them.
