Chatbot Barbie doesn't code; Computer Engineer Barbie did that back in 2010. If that's the goal, why not give kids an early start on AI companionship with Chatbot Barbie? Google itself recently unleashed its own "Gemini for Kids" AI chatbot. Yet reliance on AI companions could reduce youth's understanding of wisdom and truth to what is, essentially, data processed by machines. "But it's especially important with AI companions because children don't appreciate the risks involved."