Teddy bears and stuffed plushies have long been a mainstay in toy collections. But today they don’t talk back in a child’s imagination — they talk through built-in AI chatbots.

With a history of toy design that includes the production of some of the first licensed action figures, toy maker Mego Corp. of Great Neck hopes to jump into the future by introducing an interactive ...

We've been talking to robots for a while now. In the decade or so since Siri and her compatriots first appeared, we've all gotten pretty used to having conversations with computers in various forms.