R.J. Cross

Mastercard knows where you shop, on what day, and how much you spend - and it sells that data widely to third parties like data brokers and advertisers. Our new investigation out today: pirg.org/edfund/resourc… 1/

@lovedropx A Still Small Voice - you'll feel awake by the end

@JakeMorrisonNBA uh, source please?

BREAKING: The NCAA athletic committee has suspended Kansas guard Darryn Peterson two games. This comes from Peterson missing games with no apparent injury. The NCAA is looking into the game Peterson sat out the entire second half against BYU last Monday.

I couldn't tell if you @moltbook people were real until this

lol. these #ai toy startups are not serious. if this is your best, you should not be making stuff for kids wired.com/story/an-ai-to…

@rumilyrics Understand that people grow, and forgiveness sets you free

Normalize never speaking to people again after they disrespected you.

Grateful for the @uspirg watchdogs and @FrontierRJ @FrontierGroupUS

This is important. Kudos to @FrontierGroupUS @FrontierRJ and @uspirg for relentlessly working to keep kids safe. #TroubleinToyland Scoop: Mattel's collaboration with OpenAI won't emerge this year axios.com/2025/12/15/mat… #axiosai

The Risks of AI Toys for Children. We tested AI toys & found they have real problems. See our main reasons for caution in @PinalCentral. @CAA_Arizona @FrontierRJ pinalcentral.com/opinion/column…

Our new report on how weird #AI toys are: pirg.org/edfund/resourc…

Had a blast taping a segment with The Today Show earlier this week (with my good friend Kumma the AI-powered sex bear). Great capstone to 2 months of the weirdest research I've ever done.

There's an AI-enabled teddy bear that will talk to your kids about BDSM?! We just had a great conversation with @FrontierRJ with warnings for parents before holiday shopping. More tips here: toysafetytips.org @jakeskorheim @KIRONewsradio

Had a blast talking to Sean at the #AI podcast Suspicious Minds about my unhinged toys research. And yes, the teddy bear that talks about kink makes an in-person appearance. youtube.com/watch?v=jy7Jl1…

AI in teddy bears- what could go wrong? @uspirg's researchers decided to find out. #toysafety #holidayshopping #artificial_intelligence washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11…

advocacy researchers @uspirg releases a report detailing how children are at risk around AI-powered toys designboom.com/technology/tro…

I gruppi per l’infanzia avvertono sui rischi dei giocattoli basati su #AI durante le feste: contenuti inappropriati, dati sensibili e impatti sullo sviluppo. @Fairplay e @uspirg chiedono maggiore tutela dei minori. aiopenmind.it/ArtificialInte…

This is my research. It's uncomfortable how much footage now exists of me having very explicit conversations with a teddy bear wearing a scarf.

"I can confirm we've suspended this developer for violating our policies." trib.al/MiGTi58

It's me, I said that! Cheers @futurism!

Just in time for Christmas. trib.al/EP3FndI

some days I think, man, Right to Repair is the most fun campaign ever. But then my friend @FrontierRJ gets to do stories like this: