OnChain Studios, the company behind Cryptoys child-friendly NFTs, is taking a step forward to ensure safe interactions with its digital products. The company plans to integrate a kid-safe AI chatbot known as ChatGuardian into its network to help kids have safe, engaging, and entertaining conversations with their NFT characters.
The studio has been developing this unique feature for two years, which will be included in its popular for the first time Zoo-FO collection. OnChain Studios, which made headlines last year when it raised $23 million from heavyweight investors such as a16z, Dapper Labs and Mattel, will roll out ChatGuardian to adult collectors, with the second release aimed specifically at kids.
ChatGuardian allows parents to log into a control center and restrict the use of certain keywords and topics, enabling a safe digital environment for children. The aim is to help children interact directly with their virtual toys while simultaneously exposing them to digital ownership and NFT mechanics. This approach could prove to be an important step in familiarizing the younger generation with these digital concepts, which are often complicated to navigate even for adults.
While talking to Tech Crunch in 2022, Will Weinraub, CEO of OnChain Studios, emphasized the importance of taking “baby steps to get millions and millions of people into these new paradigms.” In that way, ChatGuardian can be a small but important step in that direction, helping children get introduced to the world of digital assets in a way that is both safe and fun.
In addition to the Zoo-FO collection, Cryptoys has also created kid-friendly NFT drops based on Mattel’s He-Man franchise, as well as Star Wars.
Editor’s Note: This article was written by an nft now contributor in collaboration with OpenAI’s GPT-4.