Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has changed his name on X to "Ram Altman" following a storm over his remarks about computer memory usage.
The change came after a user suggested he adopt the name Ram, a reference to computer working memory (RAM), and Altman agreed.
The controversy began when Altman, in an interview, addressed the global shortage of DRAM memory chips and argued that from a global resource perspective, it makes no sense for personal computers to hold large amounts of memory that sit idle most of the time.
