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A satirical project called 'Upload Your RAM' pokes fun at remarks attributed to Sam Altman about computer RAM sitting idle being inefficient. It presents a fictional service that lets people 'upload' and 'donate' their unused RAM, framed as absurdist commentary rather than a real technical offering.
OpenAI has closed a new funding round valuing the company at $1.25 trillion, raising roughly $11 billion so far, according to Bloomberg. The company is reportedly still seeking additional investment that could push the total to $20 billion, short of an earlier target of $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation.
Sam Altman changed his display name on X to "Ram Altman" after facing online criticism, including from Elon Musk, over remarks he made on the Cheeky Pint podcast about consumer RAM versus data-center memory. Altman said his comments were taken out of context and claimed he has long advocated for increased memory production.
Sam Altman told Vanity Fair he spotted Andrew Garfield filming outside his house for the upcoming biopic 'Artificial' and that the two waved at each other. Garfield, in a new GQ interview, denies any such encounter ever happened, saying he was told Altman wasn't home during filming. Altman's representatives have since told GQ that Altman was in fact home and is sticking to his account of the wave.
Speaking at a conference in Abu Dhabi, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI has gone from being 'mostly not as smart' as leading scientists at the start of the year to now being 'mostly smarter' than them. He made the remark while arguing humans, not AI, should remain in control of the future.
New York Magazine profiled Charles Porch, a 15-year Instagram veteran now working for OpenAI, describing his role as building relationships with celebrities to promote ChatGPT. The piece notes Porch arranged a dinner between Gwyneth Paltrow and Sam Altman, and cites other examples like Lionel Messi's OpenAI World Cup campaign and Martin Scorsese's endorsement of an AI storyboarding startup.
In an interview, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said he would push one of the most comprehensive school AI moratoriums in the US, barring generative AI use for students from kindergarten through eighth grade. He compared the current hype around AI to the 2008 housing bubble and said he does not trust AI industry leaders like Sam Altman to self-regulate.
OpenAI has hired Dan Driscoll, who previously served as U.S. Secretary of the Army, as senior counselor for national security modernization, a newly created position. He will work with OpenAI's leadership and outside partners on applying AI to national security and cybersecurity, including helping allied nations adopt the technology responsibly.
OpenAI's latest fundraising round brought in less than half of the $30 billion it had been seeking, according to the Wall Street Journal. The shortfall leaves the company valued at roughly $1.25 trillion, below its targeted $1.4 trillion and behind rival Anthropic, which recently filed for an IPO at a valuation of up to $2 trillion.
Sam Altman said on the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint that it's inefficient for consumers to keep DRAM sitting mostly idle in personal computers, arguing that memory would be better utilized in AI data centers. Elon Musk responded on X with a mocking meme referencing a WWII film about hunting for hidden items, framing Altman's comment as an attack on consumer RAM ownership.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the company struck arrangements for several UAE sectors to adopt its AI models, according to the Abu Dhabi Media Office. The deals come as OpenAI seeks to raise $20 billion in a funding round co-led by UAE-based investors.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a surprise visit to South Korea over the weekend, meeting roughly 50 Samsung affiliate executives in Yongin and reportedly lunching with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won alongside SK Hynix and SK Telecom executives. The talks reportedly touched on AI chip cooperation, high-bandwidth memory supply and data center development, building on partnerships Altman announced during an October 2025 visit under OpenAI's Stargate initiative.