Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, says that storing large amounts of DRAM in personal devices is inefficient because the memory is active only about five percent of the time. He argues that cloud data centres should be fully utilised given global supply constraints. Altman notes that OpenAI and partners have secured roughly 40 % of the world’s RAM output through long‑term agreements with manufacturers such as Samsung and SK Hynix, contributing to higher prices for laptops, phones and other electronics.
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Several AI-related developments were reported on 30–31 Oct. Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic said they will restrict their AI crawlers from sites that carry a new shared opt-out token, and Meta signalled support without confirming it will honour it. Dartmouth College provost Santiago Schnell resigned after a committee found he had not disclosed significant AI use in an academic paper and a Washington Post op-ed. Data center energy use is forecast to more than double by 2030 compared with 2024, when it stood at about 420 terawatt-hours.
27 October 2026
Anthropic, the San Francisco AI company, filed its S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, 26 Oct, opening the path to an initial public offering. DW reports the listing could come as early as November, with shares planned for Nasdaq under the ticker ANT. Analysts estimate a valuation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion, up from $965 billion in May, according to Euronews. The company reported first-half 2026 net losses above $80 billion against revenue of about $16.3 billion. The filing runs 335 pages.