New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has found himself at the receiving end of widespread criticism online after suggesting a new way for parents to use ChatGPT during their children's morning school commute - a use case that many social media users felt undermined genuine parent-child conversations rather than enhancing them.

Altman shared the idea on social media platform X, describing it as a "cool" application of the AI chatbot that he had heard about. According to his post, the concept involved parents linking their family calendars to ChatGPT and sharing details about their children's individual interests. The AI tool would then be used to generate a personalised podcast each morning during the school drop-off, co...