Recent AI news · Original report: 2026-09-18 (KST)

Google CC family AI agent, teens AI survey, OpenAI older adults workshop — Sep 18, 2026

This article was compiled with AI. This English translation preserves the original report's collection date, findings, and limitations. Please consult the linked sources for current information. Originally collected: 2026-09-18 10:11 (KST, UTC+09:00).

Translated into English: 2026-09-28 (KST). The translation date does not indicate a new source check.

At a glance

Three of this week’s announcements from Google and OpenAI focused on families: an AI agent that helps manage household schedules, a survey of how US teens use AI, and workshops teaching older adults how to use AI and recognize scams.

This week’s announcements

The organizations’ official announcements were opened and reviewed on September 18, 2026, at 10:11 a.m. KST. The dates below are the US dates listed in those announcements.

Google CC: a household assistant for up to six people

Google Labs expanded its experimental CC service from individual use to families and households. According to the announcement, CC has its own Google account and can be shared by up to six people.

• It sees only what each member chooses to share. Examples included emails from a child’s school, a local swimming pool, and a veterinary clinic.
• It sends a shared family briefing each morning and adds schedules to Google Calendar and task lists.
• Examples included filling in PDF permission slips or registration forms for activities, preparing school supply lists, and planning weekly meals. The announcement says CC asks follow-up questions when information is missing.
• It says CC does not act or share information outside the group without permission.
• At the time of the announcement, the experiment was available only to people aged 18 or older with personal Google accounts in the United States.

Google’s survey: teens trust their parents most

Google and research firm RXN surveyed more than 1,000 Americans aged 13–17. Google said it also included separate samples in six states and group interviews.

• 94% of teens had used AI in the previous year; among those users, 74% used it as a study partner at least once a week.
• Uses included homework research at 61%, everyday questions at 52%, and spelling checks or writing revisions at 51%.
• 55% said they checked AI information against other sources, while 54% said they asked parents or teachers.
• 67% said they most trusted parents or adult family members for guidance on healthy online habits. No other source reached 9%, according to the announcement.
• Eight in ten said they would turn to a parent or guardian if they faced a serious problem such as a scam or harassment.

OpenAI: free workshops for older adults

OpenAI announced free, in-person “Older Adults AI Skills Jam” workshops with OATS, an AARP affiliate, in ten US locations. The announcement’s subtitle said the program would serve 1,000 older adults.

• It said the share of ChatGPT messages associated with Americans aged 55 and older rose from 6% to nearly 10% over one year.
• Recognizing scams is one part of the training. The announcement names urgent pressure, requests for secrecy, and suspicious links as warning signs, and says participants are taught to “pause, think, and ask.”
• It said ChatGPT receives tens of millions of requests each week to assess suspicious messages, emails, and websites.

What this could mean for families

The points above describe what the announcements said. The following are our interpretations.

• Parents: As AI starts managing household schedules, parents have another decision to make: how much of the email from schools and after-school programs to share with it. This appears to be why CC lets each person choose what to share.
• Children: If Google’s survey is representative, parents remain the strongest influence on how children use AI.
• Grandparents: As AI makes scam texts and calls more convincing, we expect more training to teach the habit of checking suspicious messages a second time.

What we could not verify

• We did not try CC ourselves. It was available only to US users aged 18 or older, so we could not run it. All descriptions above come from Google’s announcement. The announcement did not give a launch plan for South Korea.
• Survey methods: The announcement did not include the teen survey’s questions, fieldwork dates, or margin of error. Google published the findings itself, and we could not verify whether a third party had validated them.
• Inconsistent figures: The announcement said 57% reported having digital literacy classes at school, while describing teens without such classes as “nearly one in three.” The remainder of 57% is 43%, so the figures do not agree as written. We left them out of the list above.
• Workshop schedules: The figure of 1,000 participants appeared only in the announcement’s subtitle. The announcement did not give event dates or participant counts for individual locations.
• Applicability to South Korea: All three announcements concerned the United States.

Sources

• Google Blog, The new CC, an AI agent built for families (2026-09-17) https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/cc-expanding-to-groups/
• Google Blog, 5 things to know about teens' views on AI today (2026-09-16) https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/families/teens-ai-research-findings/
• OpenAI, Helping older adults use AI in everyday life (2026-09-16) https://openai.com/index/helping-older-adults-use-ai-in-everyday-life