India, Nov. 2 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently drew backlash for saying that people keeping RAM in their personal computers is an inefficient use of the world's limited memory supply. The OpenAI CEO made the comments during an appearance on Cheeky Pint, the podcast hosted by Stripe co-founder John Collison, in an episode released on October 29, 2026.

His remarks have attracted attention because they come amid a global RAM shortage, with memory prices rising as demand from AI data centres increases.

(Also read: AI Causing a Memory Shortage. Why Producers Aren't Rushing to Make a Lot More)

Discussing the growing interest in running AI models locally on personal computers, rather than relying on cloud-based systems, Sam Altman said: "A l...