{"id":3094957,"date":"2026-02-20T08:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3094957"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:03:47","slug":"toy-story-5-takes-aim-at-creepy-ai-toys-im-always-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/20\/toy-story-5-takes-aim-at-creepy-ai-toys-im-always-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Toy Story 5&#8217; takes aim at creepy AI toys: &#8216;I&#8217;m always listening&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the first Toy Story movie came out in 1995, Google didn&#8217;t exist yet and Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy. 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