{
  "id": 17294281,
  "title": "Sam Altman Thinks Your PC Is Wasting Precious RAM",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/sam-altman-thinks-your-pc-is-wasting-precious-ram",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/10/30/2017206/sam-altman-thinks-your-pc-is-wasting-precious-ram"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed concern that local inference on home computers is inefficient and could waste limited resources, according to a recent interview. Speaking with the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint, Altman argued that having personal computers use a significant portion of the world's DRAM would not be optimal from a global perspective. He explained that in order to maximize utilization, it would be better to have all the limited supply of DRAM being used in the cloud. Altman's comments seem to be a defense of OpenAI's business model, which relies on closed-source models run in data centers. While OpenAI does have some open-source models, its primary focus is on generating revenue through subscription services for these closed-source models. Altman's stance suggests that the company would prefer to keep more DRAM within their own infrastructure rather than allow users to run these models locally on their own hardware. This raises concerns among tech enthusiasts about potential restrictions on ownership and control of computing resources.",
  "summary": "\"Looks like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to own all the computing resources and rent out terminals to the world as a way of propping up his business plan, now that debt-ridden AI companies are teetering on the edge,\" writes ancient Slashdot reader Gilmoure. Tom's Hardware reports: In an interview over beers with the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint, Altman said that local inference, and, by extension,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}