{
  "id": 17803768,
  "title": "Elon Musk Joins Growing Backlash Over OpenAI Sam Altman's RAM Comments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/elon-musk-joins-growing-backlash-over-openai-sam-altmans-ram-comments",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T12:18:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/elon-musk-joins-growing-backlash-over-openai-sam-altmans-ram-comments"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Elon Musk has joined the growing backlash against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's recent comments about RAM. Altman claimed it was \"terrible\" for people to have RAM in their personal computers, suggesting they should instead use it in data centers to maximize utilization. The comments sparked outrage, particularly within the gaming community, with many mocking Altman's stance. Musk, in response, posted a meme on X, owned by himself, emphasizing that the people deserve to have their RAM. The scarcity of memory due to the AI boom has contributed to a price surge for graphics cards, video game consoles, and PC components.",
  "summary": "Elon Musk has joined the growing backlash over OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's recent comments on RAM.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Elon Musk mocks OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's claim that PCs having RAM is terrible",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/elon-musk-mocks-openai-ceo-sam-altmans-claim-that-pcs-having-ram-is",
        "published": "2026-11-02T12:11:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}