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New Parents Mocked for Letting ChatGPT Name Their Baby

Victor Tangermann

created: Jan. 2, 2026, 6:46 p.m. | updated: Jan. 12, 2026, 6:50 p.m.

It’s a crucial step in the child-rearing process that could fundamentally shape a child’s identity, influence first impressions, and reflect the parents’ heritage and values. As the Baltimore Sun reports, one couple — and doubtless countless more — used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to name their firstborn son. “We were looking up on ChatGPT boy names that go well with the last name Winkler,” Sarah and Stephen Winkler told the publication. '”The resulting baby ended up with a name that sounds like a grey millennial porridge: Hudson Oakley Winkler. More on OpenAI: People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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