Sam Altman shares a ‘ChatGPT-inspired’ parenting tip that internet does not agree with, tells him to ‘do better’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ignited a viral debate over the weekend after suggesting parents use ChatGPT Work to generate daily personalized podcasts for their children’s morning drive to school. In a post detailing what he termed a “cool use case,” Altman proposed linking family calendars and children’s personal interests to the app, allowing the artificial intelligence to produce audio summaries covering upcoming soccer games, birthdays, and current events. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Sam Altman wrote, “cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night: connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests. every morning for the drive to school, make a podcast that talks about one kid’s soccer game that afternoon, one kid’s upcoming birthday, some news, etc.”