🤖 We ran a ChatGPT quiz in the car. It went wrong in a way I didn't expect.

Happy Friday folks!

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I let ChatGPT run a quiz for two 8-year-olds on a car journey last Sunday. It was going great until it wasn't. More on that below.

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In this week’s email:

• The AI car quiz that went sideways (and what the kids learned from it)
• ChatGPT vs Claude for kids: which is actually safer?
• 9 AI games for students (classroom and home)

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⚽ We ran an AI quiz in the car and the kids caught it making things up

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My son Mateo and his friend had a 40-minute car ride to a football match on Sunday. I opened ChatGPT voice chat and asked it to run a 20-question football quiz.

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The first few questions went well. Then it confidently told us Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick against Copenhagen which was completely false! When I pushed back, it doubled down. Then admitted: “I don’t have the latest real-time match data.”😱

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One of the boys said: “So it was lying?”

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We salvaged it by switching to player career questions (which clubs did Ronaldo play for, where did Torres go after Liverpool). Every answer checked out. The boys had a brilliant time, and that one moment taught them more about AI than any safety talk I could have given.

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The full guide covers exact prompts, topics to avoid, and how to run it hands-free while you drive.

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​Try the project →​

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🤖 ChatGPT vs Claude for kids: which AI chatbot is actually safer?

That car quiz got me thinking: the AI chatbot that’s safer for kids doesn’t actually want kids using it. Claude is rated “Minimal Risk” by Common Sense Media. ChatGPT is rated “High Risk.” But Claude requires users to be 18+ and has zero family features.

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After months of testing both with my kids, here’s the short version:

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• Homework: Claude. It asks questions instead of giving answers. My 8-year-old now tells me “that’s not how Claude does it” when I help too quickly.
• Creative projects: ChatGPT. Voice mode, image generation, more playful.
• What I actually do: Both, for different things, with me sitting right there.

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The full comparison covers safety ratings, parental controls, privacy (both now train on your data by default), and what happened when I tested borderline questions.

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​Read the full comparison →​

🎮 9 AI games for students that actually teach something

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Your kids are going to play games anyway. These 9 actually teach them something while they're at it.

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9 free, browser-based games that teach real AI concepts through play. Three favourites:

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• Code.org AI for Oceans (ages 5-8): Kids train an AI model by sorting fish and trash. My 6-year-old deliberately fed it bad data to see what would happen.

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• Teachable Machine (ages 8+): Train a model to recognise objects using your webcam. No code, no signup, 10 minutes.

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• Minecraft AI Detective (ages 8-12): Deepfake detection inside a platform kids already use.

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Works for classrooms and kitchen tables.

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​See the games →​

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That's it for this week!

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Have you tried a voice quiz with your kids in the car? Hit reply and tell me what topic you'd use. I read every response.

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Niall (AI Dad Lab)