{
  "id": 19156550,
  "title": "Tongue-in-cheek app emails Sam Altman daily to 'report the RAM he missed'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/tongue-in-cheek-app-emails-sam-altman-daily-to-report-the-ram-he",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-09T12:13:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/memory/tongue-in-cheek-app-writes-to-sam-altman-once-a-day-to-report-the-ram-he-missed-in-your-pc-following-openai-ceos-recent-blunder"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new open-source script called Ram Altman has been created to humorously email OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with a daily report on the unused RAM in a user's Linux PC. The script, found on GitHub, calculates the total, used and available RAM, and sends an email at most once per day. The creator of the script, Iain Kay, intended it as a joke at Altman's expense following his controversial comment about people hoarding RAM in their computers instead of using it for data centers. The script includes ten different email messages, eight subject lines, and six sign-offs to ensure the joke remains fresh. The email content is designed to be harmless, only sending if at least 10% of system RAM is free. The developer warns against using the script for spamming, as it is meant to be a joke for willing participants. Sam Altman later clarified his statement, acknowledging it was taken out of context, but the controversy remains relevant due to the current climate of high PC component prices driven by AI demand.",
  "summary": "'Track total, used and available RAM, plus your standing with the global allocation authorities': new Linux app is a well-observed piece of humor.",
  "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."
}