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Altman courts Samsung and SK in Korea as OpenAI rebrands data centres amid backlash

Sam Altman made an unannounced visit to South Korea, meeting Samsung and SK executives amid a memory chip supply crunch. OpenAI also plans to rename data centres 'AI compute campuses' and push Congress for AI 'speed limits' after the midterms, as polls show six in ten Americans oppose nearby data centres.

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Timeline · 39 reports

  1. 2026-11-02 09:30 · Economic Times Tech
    OpenAI seeks crucial partnerships with Samsung and SK amid memory chip supply crisis
  2. 2026-11-02 09:27 · Bloomberg AI
    Altman Says AI Will Transform the Economics of Energy
  3. 2026-11-02 08:14 · DailyAI
    OpenAI Plans a Push for AI ‘Speed Limits’ as Data Centres Lose Favour
  4. 2026-11-02 05:53 · Economic Times Tech
    OpenAI may give data centres a new identity as ‘AI compute campuses’
  5. 2026-11-02 05:39 · Mint AI
    OpenAI wants to rename data centres as ‘AI compute campuses’ amid growing public backlash
  6. 2026-11-02 03:53 · DigiTimes Asia
    Sam Altman meets with Samsung, SK as memory crunch deepens
  7. 2026-11-02 02:58 · CNBC Technology
    Sam Altman makes surprise South Korea visit as OpenAI builds on chip partnerships
  8. 2026-11-02 02:06 · DEV Community — AI
    $173M ads, one AI rebrand: OpenAI data centers
  9. 2026-11-02 00:00 · Bloomberg AI
    Watch OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says AI Will Transform the Economics of Energy
  10. 2026-11-01 22:28 · Business Insider AI
    OpenAI wants everyone to call AI data centers 'compute campuses'
  11. 2026-11-01 21:55 · TechCrunch AI
    OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’
  12. 2026-11-01 21:30 · Techmeme
    OpenAI plans a post-midterms policy and PR blitz, pushing mandatory "speed limits" for powerful AI and rebranding its data centers as "AI compute campuses" (Axios)
  13. 2026-11-01 21:14 · r/OpenAI
    Sam Altman is right
  14. 2026-11-01 16:40 · r/singularity
    OpenAI wants to rebrand its data centers as "AI compute campuses" after the midterms
  15. 2026-11-01 16:05 · TechRadar AI
    'AI is not creating the problem': OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI is merely uncovering all the vulnerabilities we've accumulated over the years
  16. 2026-11-01 14:21 · Tom's Hardware
    Sam Altman meets with Samsung leadership to secure more RAM for data centers amid crushing shortages
  17. 2026-11-01 14:21 · Tom's Hardware
    Sam Altman meets with Samsung leadership to secure more RAM for data centers amid crushing shortages — OpenAI CEO travels to South Korea to meet Samsung leadership to discuss future AI data centers
  18. 2026-11-01 10:15 · r/ChatGPT
    Sam Altman says home RAM is "quite terrible." Here's my 1TB server at 4% utilization.
  19. 2026-11-01 03:58 · r/machinelearningnews
    Sam Altman says our PC RAM is a "terrible allocation of global resources." His argument has zero basis, here’s what I built ARCaiL OE under.
  20. 2026-11-01 00:08 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    OpenAI Boss Sam Altman Says AI On Your PC Wastes Precious Memory
  21. 2026-10-31 12:34 · Economic Times Tech
    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman meets Samsung executives to discuss memory chip supply, AI infrastructure
  22. 2026-10-31 12:04 · The Next Web
    Sam Altman: DRAM in home PCs is ‘quite terrible’, used 5% of the time
  23. 2026-10-31 12:03 · The Next Web
    Sam Altman meets Samsung’s presidents days after his DRAM remark
  24. 2026-10-31 11:30 · TechRadar AI
    'He can pry it from my cold, dead hands': Sam Altman says it's 'quite terrible' that you're using RAM in your PC when there's not enough for AI data centers
  25. 2026-10-31 06:40 · Bloomberg AI
    OpenAI’s Altman Meets Samsung Executives as Chip Crunch Deepens
  26. 2026-10-31 06:24 · DEV Community — AI
    Sam Altman Says the RAM in Your PC Is "Quite Terrible." For Client Work, He's Half Right
  27. 2026-10-31 06:10 · Techmeme
    When talking about local inference, Sam Altman says supply-constrained DRAM is better used in data centers than sitting in PCs and "being used 5% of the time"
  28. 2026-10-31 05:37 · r/OpenAI
    Sam Altman on RAM
  29. 2026-10-30 20:48 · The Verge AI
    Sam Altman says it’s better for RAM to be in a data center than on your desk
  30. 2026-10-30 19:59 · r/antiai
    Sam Altman and his bullshit
  31. 2026-10-30 19:47 · r/artificial
    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it's "quite terrible" for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  32. 2026-10-30 19:26 · r/antiai
    Its quite terrible for Sam Altman to have RAM
  33. 2026-10-30 19:24 · r/LocalLLM
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  34. 2026-10-30 18:13 · r/OpenAI
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  35. 2026-10-30 16:28 · Tom's Hardware
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
  36. 2026-10-30 16:28 · Tom's Hardware
    OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM
  37. 2026-10-30 15:38 · r/singularity
    Sam Altman says the chip supply chain's invisible hand is failing — and DRAM is why
  38. 2026-10-30 15:11 · Data Center Dynamics
    The network wall: why switches aren’t scaling fast enough for AI data centers
  39. 2026-10-30 12:14 · Tom's Guide AI
    Sam Altman says your laptop RAM is a 'terrible’ allocation of scarce resources: Why I think the AI bubble is about to prove him wrong

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