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Musk hits back at Altman over RAM in personal computers

Altman made the remarks on the Cheeky Pint podcast, and manufacturers now say the memory shortage will last through twenty twenty-eight; Musk's reply was shorter.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSam Altman, the OpenAI chief executive, said on a podcast that it is quite terrible for everybody to have a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe's saying your laptop's memory is a vacant lot.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTom's Hardware reports he put its use at five percent of the time, and said shared servers keep chips busier.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive percent?

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorElon Musk replied on X that the people deserve to have their RAM too. He did not name Altman. He did not need to.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe also answered another post about it with one word, Seriously. That's the most restrained he's been on that app.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorManufacturers now say the memory shortage will last through twenty twenty-eight.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI assume the man asking you to hand over your RAM sells the service that would use it up.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentConsumers and a Reddit thread pushed back hard, which is the internet doing what it does when you touch its tabs.

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