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Sam Altman Faces Backlash Over RAM Comments Amid Growing AI Demands

Sam Altman Faces Backlash Over RAM Comments Amid Growing AI Demands

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chats up Samsung to try and secure more RAM — as concerns grow over AI capacity
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chats up Samsung to try and secure more RAM — as concerns grow over AI capacity

Days after calling the RAM in your PC "quite terrible," Sam Altman spent Saturday with Samsung's chip chief, but no deal has been reported yet.

Abandoned by Nvidia and AMD, blamed by Sam Altman, and agreeing with Elon Musk: it sucks to be a PC gamer in 2026 — but here's why I’m not giving up hope just yet
Abandoned by Nvidia and AMD, blamed by Sam Altman, and agreeing with Elon Musk: it sucks to be a PC gamer in 2026 — but here's why I’m not giving up hope just yet

This week has seen Sam Altman threatening gamers' RAM, an unlikely hero, and a villainous heel-turn worthy of wrestling. Is PC gaming doomed?

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Backtracks After Hating on You for Having RAM
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Backtracks After Hating on You for Having RAM

Commentary: Altman complained about so much memory being in regular people’s computers, rather than data centers. Here’s what he meant and why it’s so tiring.

Sam Altman says ‘I want you to have so much RAM’ after huge backlash
Sam Altman says ‘I want you to have so much RAM’ after huge backlash

Sam Altman says he wants everyone to have plenty of RAM after his previous comments sparked a huge backlash.

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