Say "hello" to the first artificially intelligent Barbie

After receiving widespread criticism for their Teen Talk Barbie that lamented, "Math class is tough," Mattel is stepping up their game by releasing Hello Barbie, full name Barbara Millicent Roberts, the first Barbie with artificial intelligence. Their goal is to create a toy that seems more lifelike because of its ability to carry on a conversation with kids. Whereas Teen Talk Barbie, and other previous talking Barbies, simply selected a phrase at random from a small database of possible phrases, Hello Barbie knows 8,000 lines of dialogue. Even more impressive, she selects certain phrases based on what kids are saying to her or asking her. How it works The secret is in Barbie's belt buckle which actually doubles as a button that can activate speech recognition software.