Sam Altman Walks Back RAM Comments, Says He Wants Everyone to Have Plenty of Memory

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on a podcast that it was "terrible" for people to want RAM in their own computers and that limited memory supply should go to AI data centers, drawing backlash. On November 3 he responded on Twitter, saying he actually wants the world to have tons of memory and that his comments were taken out of context. The article notes that AI hyperscalers and big tech buying up memory are driving up costs and making it harder for companies like Valve and Nintendo to build new hardware.