{"id":24588,"date":"2026-08-01T22:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24588"},"modified":"2026-08-01T22:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T17:18:36","slug":"sam-altman-suggests-parents-generate-ai-podcasts-about-their-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24588","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman suggests parents generate AI podcasts about their kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ic-cdn.flipboard.com\/mashable.com\/107ff64ee22fa9616bca064344536147a4c88f1e\/_xlarge.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/openai\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">OpenAI<\/a> founder and CEO Sam Altman is trending on X for suggesting that parents use ChatGPT to generate podcasts about their children&#8217;s lives in lieu of&#8230; listening to them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night,&#8221; he shared on X in <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/disable-auto-caps-lowercase-texting-online-communication\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">all lowercase<\/a>. &#8220;connect your family calendars and explain your kids&#8217; interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/openai-hugging-face-hack-worse-than-thought\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">The OpenAI-Hugging Face hack was worse than we thought<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;Every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid&#8217;s soccer game that afternoon, one kid&#8217;s upcoming birthday, some news, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Light Speed<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<blockquote class=\"twitterEmbed twitter-tweet\"><p>\n    <a class=\"text-gray-600\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/2083221585792762171\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab) (opens in a new window)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.<br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The post has amassed around 9,500 likes at the time of this writing, dwarfed by 120,000 likes on the reply, &#8220;What if you just talked to your children?&#8221; from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_AlexHirsch\/status\/2083268104742924484\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><em>Gravity Falls\u00a0<\/em>creator Alex Hirsch<\/a>. (The same day, Hirsch also criticized Google&#8217;s addition of its <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/google-rolls-back-ai-google-earth-feature\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">AI image generator into Google Earth<\/a>, which it reversed.) Other popular replies have the same sentiment: That Altman is apparently encouraging users to disconnect from their families.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/ai-backlash-vibe-shift\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">backlash about AI tools<\/a> has ramped up in recent years, for a myriad of reasons, including <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/generative-ai-environment-impact-us-government\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">environmental impacts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/ai-surveillance-data-tracking-tool\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">surveillance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/meta-employee-lawsuit-claims-ai-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">job loss<\/a>, and fears of <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/ai-psychosis-symptoms\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">AI psychosis<\/a>. The potential degrading of relationships is also a concern for some, as more people turn to chatbots to <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/couples-are-using-chatgpt-to-fight-now\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">outsource relational conflicts<\/a> or even seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/man-with-human-partner-and-child-asks-ai-to-marry-him\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">replace relationships<\/a> themselves.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable\u2019s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman is trending on X for suggesting that parents use ChatGPT to generate podcasts about their children&#8217;s lives in lieu of&#8230; listening to them. &#8220;cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night,&#8221; he shared on X in all lowercase. &#8220;connect your family calendars and explain your kids&#8217; interests.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/00EHMqMixIQfrYSZREmX3YD\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1785601533.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}