WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter (https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/services/files/A93BB07D-2743-48AF-9DC5-DF83F2553FFC) to the Chief Executive Officer of Miko, Inc., launching an investigation into why the company exposed sensitive data involving children through an unsecured, publicly accessible dataset. This dataset reportedly contained (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ai-toy-maker-exposed-thousands-responses-kids-senators-miko-rcna258326) thousands of responses to children's questions or instructions from the company's AI-powered toys, often including names and details of conversations....