Friso Launches The Awesome AI Kaleidoscope 3.0: From Tech-Driven Innovation to the Future of Parent-Child Bonding
Shanghai, China, May 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Friso, the Dutch infant nutrition brand with a longstanding commitment to early childhood development, has officially launched the upgraded Awesome AI Kaleidoscope 3.0 storybook in partnership with a leading local smart home platform.
The new edition introduces three core features—child-as-character integration, touch-activated animations, and interactive doodling—marking a breakthrough in parent-child engagement. By breaking away from the traditional model of one-way storytelling, where parents narrate and children passively listen, the product reimagines shared reading as an interactive and emotionally resonant experience.
Children are no longer just listeners; they become characters within the story and co-creators of the narrative. This shift transforms companionship from content consumption into emotional co-creation, delivering a deeper sense of immersion and personalization. More importantly, it offers a glimpse into how AI may reshape emotional expression and connection in next-generation family dynamics.
Challenges in China's Maternal & Child Market and AI's Emerging Solutions
As urbanization accelerates and dual-income households become the norm, Chinese families are facing unprecedented structural challenges in parenting. The scarcity of quality time, the monotony of repetitive content, and the lack of effective emotional communication channels have become widespread concerns among modern parents. These anxieties are particularly evident as post-90s and post-95s generations emerge as the dominant force in maternal and child consumption, with growing expectations for 'high-quality companionship' and 'intelligent interaction.' Traditional parenting approaches often fall short of meeting their complex demands for technology-driven, personalized, and emotionally meaningful experiences.
At the same time, AI is evolving from a functional tool into an integrated, contextual force capable of reshaping parent-child dynamics. From voice synthesis and image generation to content customization and interactive delivery, AI is helping transform parenting products from mere 'information transmitters' into 'emotional connectors.' Its advanced data processing and personalized content generation capabilities offer new solutions to three critical pain points in the industry: lack of companionship, lack of interaction, and lack of empathy.
Friso is responding to this shift by leveraging AIGC (Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content) to create more emotionally resonant and participatory parent-child experiences. This innovation marks a significant step in the evolution of China's maternal and child industry—from efficiency-driven parenting to emotionally intelligent caregiving.
Technology-Driven: How AI Is Reshaping the Parent-Child Bonding Experience
Since its launch in 2023, The Awesome AI Kaleidoscope audio storybook has undergone three major rounds of technological upgrades, steadily evolving into an AI-powered content IP centered on 'parental voice companionship.' Anchored by the emotional theme of 'cloning a parent's voice,' the product uses advanced AI voice synthesis technology to transform the parent's voice into a key medium of everyday connection.
With just a single recorded sentence, parents can generate a fully narrated storybook in their own voice—allowing their familiar tone to accompany children through reading, bedtime, and daily moments of growth. Even when work or distance keeps parents physically away, technology ensures their voice remains present, offering comfort and emotional continuity.
This innovative feature has become a new way for many families to strengthen emotional bonds, redefining how love and presence are expressed in the digital age.Building on its foundation of emotional voice interaction, The Awesome AI Kaleidoscope also focuses on enhancing the child's sense of participation by allowing them to be visually represented in the story. Using AI-powered image generation, the storybook can integrate the child's likeness into the role of the main character, enabling them to truly 'step into the story.' Children embark on imaginative adventures alongside characters in a pastoral setting, creating a stronger sense of immersion and belonging. This personalized storytelling experience deepens engagement and strengthens the emotional connection between parent and child.In its 3.0 version, The Awesome AI Kaleidoscope further enhances its immersive features—child integration, personalized narration, and touch-activated animations—pioneering a new interactive model that shifts the experience from simply listening to stories to playing with stories.
Touch-Activated Animations: Powered by AI-based image recognition and response technology, children can tap characters in the storybook to trigger animations, bringing the story to life and deepening the sense of interactivity and engagement.
Interactive Doodling: Newly added coloring and drawing functions encourage children to create their own visuals as they read, transforming them from passive listeners into active participants, while fostering self-expression and imagination.
From voice-based companionship to immersive interaction, and from one-way storytelling to co-creation between parent and child, The Awesome AI Kaleidoscope uses technology to enhance emotional expression in more natural and intelligent ways. It is reshaping how families communicate and connect in today's digital age—and unlocking a new vision for the maternal and child industry, where parenting is inherently rooted in shared presence and emotional connection.Future Outlook: A New Parent-Child Ecosystem Powered by AI
As technology continues to advance, the role of AI in the maternal and child care market will deepen significantly. Future parenting tools will not only focus on enhancing product functionality—they will become the driving force behind a new, connected ecosystem of parent-child engagement.
AI will soon be capable of analyzing children's behaviors and emotional states to deliver personalized parenting recommendations. Through the seamless integration of smart hardware, it will facilitate continuous connection among family members. Meanwhile, data-driven insights will enable parents to adopt more scientific and informed approaches to child development and care.
As AI becomes more deeply embedded in everyday family life, brands will evolve from being mere product providers to ecosystem enablers—collaborating with parents to co-create smarter, more personalized, and emotionally responsive parenting solutions.Conclusion: Co-Creating the Future of Parent-Child Bonding in the AI Era
As AI technology continues to evolve, the way families connect is shifting from traditional models to future-forward experiences—from 'telling stories' to 'co-creating stories,' from one-way interaction to dynamic, two-way engagement. Technology is redefining how emotional bonds are formed and expressed within the family.
But this transformation is more than just a technological breakthrough—it reflects a deeper convergence of brand vision, product innovation, and family values. Truly meaningful AI-powered parenting solutions must not only be intelligent, but also empathetic. They must not only understand user needs, but also sense the warmth and depth of family relationships.
In the years ahead, AI will move beyond the role of a parenting assistant to become a true emotional connector within the household. While it may never replace the role of a parent, it can extend their presence and deepen emotional expression—ensuring children feel supported, understood, and loved throughout their development.
As exemplified by The Awesome AI Kaleidoscope 3.0, AI is no longer just a tool—it is evolving into a responsive, emotionally aware 'member' of the family. One that can interact, co-create, and build meaningful connections between brands, technology, and modern households.
China's maternal and child industry is now on the cusp of an AI-powered revolution in parent-child companionship. This is not merely an upgrade in tools—it's a generational shift in how parenting is experienced, expressed, and shared. And the next chapter of this transformation will be co-authored by every innovator, every parenting brand, and every next-generation family.CONTACT: Mi Zhou Friso zhoumi at frisobaby.comSign in to access your portfolio
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Goldman Sachs wants students to stop using ChatGPT in job interviews with the bank
Goldman Sachs is cautioning its young job-seekers against using AI during the interview process. Instead, the $176 billion bank is encouraging applicants to study up on the firm in preparation. Other businesses like Anthropic and Amazon have also warned candidates against deploying AI—and if they're caught, they could be disqualified. While many companies are boasting about all the efficiencies that will come with AI, some are dissuading potential hires from using it to get a leg up in interviews with recruiters and hiring managers. Goldman Sachs' campus recruitment team for the bank's private investing academy in EMEA recently sent out an email to students reminding them of its expectations for interviews, as reported by eFinancialCareers. Goldman uses video interviewing platform HireVue to pre-assess candidates and maintains a set of best practices for job-seekers. Based on the best practices guidelines, the young applicants are encouraged to prepare for interviews by studying the $176 billion firm's financial results, business principles, and core values. But they can't bank on AI to help them out. 'As a reminder, Goldman Sachs prohibits the use of any external sources, including ChatGPT or Google search engine, during the interview process,' the email noted, according to someone who saw the message. HireVue is an AI-powered talent evaluation platform, known for asking behavioral questions that reveal applicants' skills. Gen Z job-seekers might be tempted to use ChatGPT or other chatbots to game the recruitment process—but it's discouraged, and isn't the most viable option. The typical Goldman Sachs virtual interview allows for 30 seconds of prep after the question, followed by a two-minute response time, according to research from eFinancialCareers. That makes it hard for job-seekers to quickly type a prompt into the chatbot, churn out an answer, and decide what the line of attack is. Plus, the responses aren't tailored and unique to the individual, potentially hurting the interviewee more than helping. Goldman's job-seeker AI policy could seem ironic, as half of the firm's 46,000 employees have access to the technology. But other companies are navigating that same paradox as they try to fully flesh out their AI strategies in an ever-changing technological environment. Goldman Sachs isn't the only major company warning its applicants not to use AI during recruitment. The $61.5 billion AI giant Anthropic went on a hiring spree last month, but told job-seekers that they can't use the advanced technology to fill out their applications. The company argued that it wants to test the communication skills of potential hires, and AI use clouds that assessment. 'Please do not use AI assistants during the application process,' Anthropic wrote in the description for its hundreds of job postings. 'We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills.' Retail giant Amazon also doesn't like it when potential talent uses AI tools during the recruitment process. Earlier this year, the $2 trillion behemoth shared guidelines with internal recruiters, stressing that candidates who are caught using AI during job interviews should be disqualified. According to Amazon, the tools give an 'unfair advantage' that masks analysis of someone's 'authentic' capabilities. 'To ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process, please do not use gen Al tools during your interview unless explicitly permitted,' the guidelines, as reported by Business Insider, noted. 'Failure to adhere to these guidelines may result in disqualification from the recruitment process.' This story was originally featured on
