WebProNews reports:
An AI toy called Grok exposed 50,000 conversation logs between children and the device to anyone with a Gmail account due to a cloud storage misconfiguration, raising serious questions about data security, regulatory compliance, and the protection of children’s privacy in AI-enabled products.
… According to Wired, the breach originated from a fundamental misconfiguration in the toy’s cloud storage system. The company behind Grok had stored approximately 50,000 conversation logs in a Google Cloud Storage bucket that was inadvertently set to public access. This meant that any individual with basic knowledge of how to access cloud storage—requiring nothing more than a standard Gmail account—could view, download, and potentially exploit these deeply personal exchanges between children and what they believed was a private AI companion.
The exposed data painted an intimate portrait of childhood in the digital age. Conversations ranged from homework help and spelling practice to more sensitive topics including family dynamics, personal fears, and the kinds of vulnerable confessions children often share with trusted companions.
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