New artificial intelligence (AI) products are being offered to parents, aiming to make child-rearing more efficient. OpenAI's boss, Sam Altman, has suggested generating personalised podcasts about a child's life for parents to listen to.
Other companies are providing surveillance and monitoring tools. Nanit sells a camera and monitor set designed to observe children during sleep, tracking eye movements, "sleep efficiency," and breathing patterns. Owlet offers a pulse oximetry tracker that attaches to a child's foot via a sock.
An app called Huckleberry provides "optimized nap predictions" and a chatbot assistant. While the app is free, its nap prediction feature costs $120. A Nanit kit costs $474, plus an annual $100 subscription fee, and Owlet's tracker is priced at $300.