<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed excited to share what he called a “cool use case” on Friday, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/sama/status/2083221585792762171">posting</a> that parents could “connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests” to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/openai-launches-its-new-family-of-models-with-gpt-5-6/">the company’s new product ChatGPT Work</a>, then “every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid’s soccer game that afternoon, one kid’s upcoming birthday, some news, etc.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Altman’s post prompted lots of virtual eye-rolling, including <a rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/_AlexHirsch/status/2083268104742924484">a simple response</a> from Alex Hirsch, creator of the animated series “Gravity Falls”: “What if you just talked to your children”?</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hirsch’s question seems to have gone even more viral than Altman’s initial post — while Altman’s comment has been reposted around 300 times and liked around 9,600 times (as of Saturday morning), Hirsch’s response has been reposted 9,000 times and received 122,000 likes.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This isn’t the first time a tech CEO has promised that AI can shield users — and specifically users’ morning commutes — from the messy realities of human experience. Last year, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/microsofts-satya-nadella-is-choosing-chatbots-over-podcasts/">Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he’d stopped listening his favorite podcasts</a> during his morning drive; instead, he asked an AI chatbot about those podcasts.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Altman’s post also echoed comments he’s made about parenting in the past, most notably when <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-chatgpt-parenting-jimmy-fallon-2025-12">he appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”</a> and declared, “I cannot imagine having gone through figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT.” (Though he was also quick to acknowledge, “Clearly, people did it for a long time, no problem.”)</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Getting parents on-board seems to be a priority for OpenAI, which recently <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/11/openai-bets-on-families-as-chatgpt-goes-deeper-into-households/">posted a job listing for a product manager</a> with experience building trust-sensitive consumer experiences for parents and families.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But while the company has <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/openai-rolls-out-safety-routing-system-parental-controls-on-chatgpt/">added safety features for parents</a>, it also faces <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/seven-more-families-are-now-suing-openai-over-chatgpts-role-in-suicides-delusions/">multiple lawsuits</a> from parents and families alleging that ChatGPT played a role in loved ones’ delusions and suicides. (The company has said it’s “continuously improving how our models respond in sensitive interactions.”)</p>
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