{"id":231658,"date":"2025-09-16T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/231658\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:21:09","slug":"care-bears-getting-ai-makeover-with-interactive-phone-tablet-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/231658\/","title":{"rendered":"Care Bears Getting AI Makeover With Interactive Phone &#038; Tablet App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: Cloudco Entertainment, owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/care-bears\/\" id=\"auto-tag_care-bears\" data-tag=\"care-bears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Care Bears<\/a> brand, has partnered with Gotendai, an emerging AI firm backed by Community Labs, to create an interactive app for mobile and tablets that will feature the bears as \u201ctalkative, digital companions with each specific bear offering its own voice and personality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSet to launch in early 2026 on iOS in the U.S. with Android and international launches due to follow, the app will feature multiple 3D Care Bears, including characters such as Grumpy Bear, Bedtime Bear, and Cheer Bear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAccording to Gotendai, the bears will \u201cremember past conversations, detect changes in emotion, respond to elements such as environment, location, and weather, and even give fashion or interior design advice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Care Bears first appeared in TV specials in 1983 and 1984, followed by a long-running animated series and then a jump to the big screen with The Care Bears Movie trilogy (1985\u20131987). Care Bears &amp; Cousins, a Netflix original CGI-animated series, launched in fall 2015. In 2019, the brand introduced a refreshed look and mission with Care Bears: Unlock the Magic, a 50-episode, 2D animated series currently streaming on HBO Max in the U.S. and other territories, with new specials also available on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThe Care Bears have always felt like our friends, and fans have imagined them talking back for generations, so we\u2019re very excited to bring that fantasy to reality,\u201d said Alex Herrity, Co-founder &amp; CEO of Gotendai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cFor nearly 45 years, Care Bears have embodied caring, friendship, and love for their fans. Now, together with Gotendai, the Care Bear characters can extend that caring mission even more directly, connecting \u2018live and in person,\u2019\u201d commented Sean Gorman, President of Cloudco. \u201cWe love that this technology deepens the Care Bears\u2019 authenticity and commitment to core brand values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith online safety in mind, the partners say the app will be compliant with federal COPPA (Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act) legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWhile we are on the cutting edge of AI technology, what matters most is how we use it to make people feel,\u201d added Herrity. \u201cOur platform is specifically designed to prioritize healthy, fun interaction through thoughtful design, privacy-first values, and age-appropriate interactions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGotendai was started by industry veterans from Epic Games and Nintendo. Cloudco\u2019s brands also include Holly Hobbie, Madballs, Buddy Thunderstruck, and Overlord &amp; The Underwoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Cloudco Entertainment, owner of the Care Bears brand, has partnered with Gotendai, an emerging AI firm backed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,124872,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-231658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-care-bears","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115214659302757522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}