{
  "id": 17255706,
  "title": "OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-sam-altman",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T16:28:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman discussed the drawbacks of having personal computers with large amounts of RAM during an interview with the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint. In his view, local inference and the use of DRAM in home computers is \"quite terrible.\" Altman argued that it would be more efficient to allocate the limited supply of DRAM in data centers, where it can be utilized at maximum capacity. He emphasized that data center cooling systems and chip regulations are crucial factors in this decision. While OpenAI offers some open-source models, its primary focus is on closed-source models that run in data centers. Altman defended the business model, stating that the company would prefer more RAM to be used in its data centers rather than in home computers. The interview also touched upon PHP vulnerabilities, sandboxing models in training, and OpenAI's work in mathematics.",
  "summary": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a podcast interview that \"it's quite terrible\" for people to have RAM in their own PCs when it could go into AI data centers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "OpenAI Billionaire: PCs Are 'Terrible' When Data Centers Need More Memory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/openai-billionaire-pcs-are-terrible-when-data-centers-need-more-memory",
        "published": "2026-10-30T15:52:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}