Sam Altman Walks Back Remarks Criticizing Memory in Consumer Computers

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backtracked after complaining that regular people's computers contain too much memory, saying such capacity should instead sit in data centers.

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2026-11-05 19:06 · CNET AI
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Backtracks After Hating on You for Having RAM

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