OpenAI CEO touts AI‑generated family podcast, sparks viral debate

Key Points

• Sam Altman posted a demo of ChatGPT Work that creates a personalized morning podcast for kids.
• The tweet attracted roughly 9,600 likes; Alex Hirsch’s rebuttal went viral with 122,000 likes.
• Altman previously claimed he could not imagine raising a newborn without ChatGPT on a late‑night talk show.
• Meta is testing a separate AI app that tells bedtime stories, indicating broader industry interest.
• OpenAI faces lawsuits alleging its chatbot contributed to delusions and suicides among users.
• The company says it is continuously improving model responses to sensitive queries.
• OpenAI has opened a hiring track for a product manager focused on trust‑sensitive family experiences.