OpenAI Newsroom(@OpenAINewsroom):With nine kids and a no-screens rule on Sundays, Ben Kalkman wanted a project his whole family could build together: a new treehouse. Ben used ChatGPT as his construction consultant, helping Ben shape the structural design, source materials, and, crucially, translate his kids’ “wild ideas” into actual, buildable plans. Today, the treehouse is still evolving, and the family project keeps growing one Sunday - and one wild idea

2026.07.22 03:20

With nine kids and a no-screens rule on Sundays, Ben Kalkman wanted a project his whole family could build together: a new treehouse. Ben used ChatGPT as his construction consultant, helping Ben shape the structural design, source materials, and, crucially, translate his kids’ “wild ideas” into actual, buildable plans. Today, the treehouse is still evolving, and the family project keeps growing one Sunday - and one wild idea - at a time.