Sam Altman Advocates for Centralized RAM Usage in Data Centers Over Personal PCs

11/02/2026

In this week's Sunday Reboot, Sam Altman thinks it's wasteful for you to have more memory in your Mac. It's bad enough that you have any RAM that he can't access at all.OpenAI CEO Sam AltmanSunday...

11/02/2026

Elon Musk publicly criticized OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for suggesting that keeping RAM in personal computers is inefficient, amid a global memory shortage.

11/02/2026

Got a computer, phone, or a tablet with some memory chips inside? That's a shame. You shouldn't be doing that. Well, at least not according to OpenAI's Sam Altman, who shared his view on the...

11/02/2026

Sam Altman has been making headlines for his claims that consumers don’t deserve DRAM because it is only utilized "5% of the time." In his opinion, DRAM supplies should be prioritized for data...

11/01/2026

Altman thinks putting RAM in data centers is a better use of a scarce resource than putting it in your Mac mini.

10/31/2026

In an interview on the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that it's more efficient to direct the world's tightening supply of memory to AI data centers than to local...

10/31/2026

OpenAI boss Sam Altman is getting roasted online after suggesting it’s "quite terrible" that ordinary people are using up the world’s limited supply of computer memory instead of putting it to...

10/31/2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes that having large amounts of RAM installed in personal computers is an inefficient use of the world's increasingly limited DRAM supply, arguing that cloud data...

10/31/2026

Sam Altman's comments on PC memory allocation spark criticism as AI data centre demand worsens the global RAM shortage.

10/31/2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks the DRAM sitting inside personal computers would be better used in data centers. He made the comments on the Cheeky Pint podcast, hosted by Stripe co-founder John...

11/02/2026

OpenAI signed deals to deploy its technology across energy companies, investment firms and government agencies in the United Arab Emirates, deepening ties as it seeks billions of dollars in...

11/02/2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with executives from Samsung Group and SK Group during a brief visit to South Korea on October 31, as tightening memory supplies and growing commitments to major AI...

11/02/2026

Follows comments made by Altman on a podcast about underutilization of DRAM in desktop computers

11/02/2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made an unannounced visit to South Korea over the weekend, meeting with Samsung executives and reportedly SK Group executives.

11/01/2026

Two days after arguing that the DRAM in home PCs would be put to better use in data centers, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat down with around 50 Samsung presidents on Saturday, October 31. The group...

10/31/2026

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman met with Samsung Group’s top executives in South Korea on Saturday to deepen cooperation on memory chips and AI infrastructure as global shortages intensify.

11/02/2026

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently sparked debate with his assertion that cloud-based AI systems are more efficient than running AI models on personal computers. Speaking on a podcast, Altman...

11/02/2026

AI models are mostly smarter than top scientists and capable of performing white-collar work, Altman says at Abu Dhabi energy conference

11/01/2026

"AI is helping us discover all of the security issues that we have developed over the past fifty years," co-CEO Clay Magouyrk worked into a conversation on-stage with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman,...