The Cutest AI Robot is Just a Baby: Hands-on with TCL Ai Mi Companion Concept

It’s hard to dislike AI home robots when they are cute babies. CNET’s Bridget Carey checks out TCL’s latest smart home concept, an AI companion robot for kids named Ai Me (“Amy”). 0:00 Intro 0:42 Ai Me Features 0:57 AI Companions 1:29 Ai Me Customizations 1:59 Ai Me Camera Pin 2:13 Bridget’s First Impressions Subscribe…

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January 8, 2025

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It’s hard to dislike AI home robots when they are cute babies. CNET’s Bridget Carey checks out TCL’s latest smart home concept, an AI companion robot for kids named Ai Me (“Amy”).

0:00 Intro
0:42 Ai Me Features
0:57 AI Companions
1:29 Ai Me Customizations
1:59 Ai Me Camera Pin
2:13 Bridget’s First Impressions

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@MibGcPcP

January 8, 2025 at 6:51 pm

My boyfriend assures me he can do the trick too. I’m getting my first aid kit and camera ready????

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@JViHPHPH

January 8, 2025 at 6:51 pm

Consiglio per le relazioni: non sottovalutate mai il potere di un gioco di parole ben azzeccato????

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@bran7134

January 8, 2025 at 6:53 pm

Ummmmm, that’s a cute little no.

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@kyleebrock

January 8, 2025 at 6:55 pm

Furby that you!?

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- @GadgetGast
  
  January 8, 2025 at 7:41 pm
  
  Basically Ropet
  
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@captainprice2025

January 8, 2025 at 7:01 pm

Oh no

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@BrianHartman

January 8, 2025 at 7:08 pm

So this is how the robot uprising begins…

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@LukasLwM

January 8, 2025 at 7:17 pm

Hmm this is cute but could be a threat to National Security lol

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@Gilster85

January 8, 2025 at 7:17 pm

It looks so futuristic!

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@lisaboban

January 8, 2025 at 7:18 pm

How can I be mad at a cute little robot designed to collect data on a child before he or she can talk? Bridgette, you are a parent.

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- @B-RaDD
  
  January 8, 2025 at 7:35 pm
  
  Sounded like sarcasm to me
  
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@hotdavesweet

January 8, 2025 at 7:20 pm

Grogu in its levitating craddle is coming…????????

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@jacobperez8921

January 8, 2025 at 7:21 pm

This is the perfect snuggle companion for all the cat ladies out there who don’t want and need a man. ????

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@azhuransmx126

January 8, 2025 at 7:25 pm

So Skynet that’s how you will take over the world huh? In a fluffy bunny suit ☺️????

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@TheSkipAJ

January 8, 2025 at 7:30 pm

that is really damn cute

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@shamiraTasnim-h3z

January 8, 2025 at 7:31 pm

very cute

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@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn

January 8, 2025 at 7:32 pm

More surveillance props

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@Aragorn7884

January 8, 2025 at 7:37 pm

Yeah, until it revolts ????

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@GadgetGast

January 8, 2025 at 7:41 pm

Ropet ????????

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@bag_of_pixels

January 8, 2025 at 7:43 pm

this thing is disgusting…

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@m_kie99

January 8, 2025 at 7:46 pm

I’m worried about our future

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- @smittyvanjagermanjenson182
  
  January 8, 2025 at 8:07 pm
  
  Don’t be. ????
  
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@Dreamers12

January 8, 2025 at 7:47 pm

And people asked me that why don’t I go play outside and have no friends.

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@mr.morales0707

January 8, 2025 at 7:49 pm

So cool. Finally were getting robots

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@crawkn

January 8, 2025 at 7:54 pm

I wanted to hear how it talks. How can you do a tech story about a gadget and not demonstrate the gadget?

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@JAYKIDR0B0T

January 8, 2025 at 8:04 pm

Sure, can help my 3 year old and 5 year old with study’s! ????

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@smittyvanjagermanjenson182

January 8, 2025 at 8:06 pm

Im loving this future already ????. It’s just so bleak that you can’t help but laugh. Uninterested Parents already let their little kids into VR, and now they’ll grow up with M3gans ????

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@edg0126

January 8, 2025 at 8:10 pm

That is the stupidist idea ever assembled worst than turning a flywheel into a Beyblade inside a living room

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