The children asked Santa Claus for 100 kg of dumplings and 10 kg of gold.

AI-Santa Claus, who was developed at T-Technologies, received more than 500 thousand calls. once a season. The service received calls from children all over Russia from December 18, 2025 to January 15, 2026.

The press service of T-Bank said that children were the least likely to ask for money or other "adult" gifts, only 1.5%.

Most often, virtual Santa Claus was asked to give games and toys (31%), electronics (23%), animals (10%), sports equipment (8%) and delicious gifts (7%).

Among the unusual wishes are 10 thousand roblocks, 100 thousand popsicles, 100 kg of dumplings, 10 kg of gold, 10 kg of red caviar.

For the mothers, the children asked for an iPhone, a shiny handbag, a large plot with a house, delicious salads, cars and a new kitchen. The children wished the dads a mortgage closure, a collector's car, new clothes and a yacht.

Compared to the previous season, the number of calls to the AI Santa Claus has increased more than seven times. This time, 184 thousand users used the service, the total conversation duration exceeded 950 thousand minutes, which is equivalent to about two years of conversations.

Telephone AI-Santa Claus is a voice service based on artificial intelligence technologies. It is based on VoiceKit's own speech synthesis and recognition system, as well as the T—Pro language model and a new generation v2v engine, thanks to which the service processes sound better and reacts faster to the answers of the interlocutor. The service communicates with the child in real time: it clarifies his New Year's wish, asks about hobbies, interests, favorite movies and family traditions, and also listens to poems and songs. As part of the New Year's campaign, Santa Claus's phone number was posted on special mailboxes in Russian Post offices in the cities where the wizard's estates are located, on street banners, and next to the reindeer enclosures at the Moscow Zoo. After the conversation with Santa Claus, a recording of the call was sent to the parents.

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