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Monday 2 November 2026

Sam Altman says RAM in home PCs is 'quite terrible'

OpenAI's Sam Altman says it's 'quite terrible' that scarce RAM sits in home PCs used five per cent of the time. PC buyers paying more aren't impressed.

Quin Halberg Monday 2 November 2026, open calendar5 min read

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on a panel at The Grove, a 2022 file photo. Photo: Village Global / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, modified

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Sam Altman has an opinion about the memory in your computer, and you probably won't like it. The OpenAI boss says it's "quite terrible" that so much of the world's scarce RAM is sitting in people's own PCs instead of in data centres.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman speaks into a microphone while seated on a panel in a blue suede jacket — OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on a panel at The Grove, a 2022 file photo. Photo: Village Global / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, modified

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