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The sessions focus on schedules, trusted information and community support—not replacing professional advice. Local start times and venues are not listed in the announcement.
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OpenAI is turning ChatGPT’s existing healthcare-related use into community-based training, with caregiver and health organizations helping shape instruction for people managing care. The November 10, 2026, sessions focus on organizing care and making trusted materials easier to understand—not making clinical decisions—and include guidance on privacy, tool limits, and when to seek professional advice. OpenAI cites more than 40 million U.S. messages a week about someone else’s healthcare, but that is a message count, not a count of caregivers; local logistics remain unpublished.
The workshops are planned for Oakland, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Detroit during National Family Caregivers Month.
Exercises cover caregiver schedules and checklists, plain-language versions of trusted educational resources, community-resource discovery, and support-group discussion guides.
OpenAI’s usage estimate covers October 9–29, 2026, and is described as privacy-preserving.
On November 10, 2026, OpenAI Academy and three caregiver and health organizations are hosting free, in-person ChatGPT workshops across five U.S. cities. The sessions pair help with everyday caregiving tasks with guidance on privacy and professional advice. OpenAI’s announcement does not list local start times, timezones, specific venues or an official watch link.
The AI Skills Jam for Caregivers & Community Health brings together OpenAI Academy, Caregiver Action Network, the Alzheimer’s Association and the American Diabetes Association. It takes place during National Family Caregivers Month, with sessions in Oakland, California; Tampa, Florida; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; and Detroit, Michigan.
The intended audience includes individual and family caregivers, caregiver support organizations, and people living with chronic or serious health conditions. OpenAI facilitators and mentors will provide hands-on help throughout the workshops. No coding or technical background is required.
The workshops arrive as people are already bringing questions about someone else’s healthcare to ChatGPT. OpenAI estimates that those questions account for more than 40 million messages a week in the United States. The company describes the figure as a privacy-preserving usage estimate covering October 9–29, 2026. It measures messages, not the number of caregivers using the service.
The future of caregiving isn’t about replacing human connection with technology. It’s about using innovation to make care more manageable, accessible and connected.
Marvell Adams Jr., CEO, Caregiver Action Network
The planned exercises focus on organization, information and support. Participants will explore how ChatGPT can help with four specific tasks:
That information exercise has a specific starting point: trusted educational resources. The stated task is to make that material easier to understand. The support-group exercise likewise centers on preparing a guide for people to use in conversation, rather than substituting the chatbot for the group.
Responsible-use instruction is also on the agenda. Participants will learn about protecting personal information, understanding the tools’ limits and recognizing when to consult healthcare professionals. OpenAI says AI should complement, not replace, medical, legal or financial advice. That boundary accompanies the practical training rather than appearing as a separate promise about what ChatGPT can safely decide.
OpenAI says the local sessions will let caregivers practice alongside peers and share the everyday challenges they want help addressing. The partner organizations are expected to connect the training to each community’s needs, drawing on their experience supporting people with serious illnesses and their families.
The company says participants’ questions, ideas and experiences will help shape future learning resources. That is the announced follow-through: using what caregivers bring to the workshops to inform later teaching material, alongside the day’s hands-on instruction.
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