{
  "id": 17232701,
  "title": "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",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/sam-altman-says-your-laptop-ram-is-a-terrible-allocation-of-scarce",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T12:14:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Guide",
    "slug": "tom-s-guide",
    "url": "https://www.tomsguide.com/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"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, recently criticized the use of RAM in personal computers as an inefficient allocation of precious resources. He suggested that memory should be reserved for data centers, arguing that local AI inference utilizes that memory only about 5% of the time. The recent surge in AI-driven demand, coupled with a lack of inventory, tariffs, and wafer capacity away from consumer memory, has led to a dramatic increase in the cost of RAM. It appears that the tech landscape is undergoing a violent shift, with Altman advocating for a change in the way we utilize memory.",
  "summary": "Sam Altman says your laptop RAM is wasted. Here is why the popping AI bubble, Anthropic's S-1 losses, and businesses changing the way they use AI are about to prove him wrong.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}