Save or Scroll: OpenAI’s Head of Preparedness, Global RAM Shortage, AI Artists, and a Manosphere Antidote

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In a holiday installment of Save or Scroll, Morgan and the Close All Tabs team get together to talk over the stories they can’t stop thinking about. From OpenAI’s concerning new job posting, to a major RAM shortage, AI artists on the come up, and an antidote to the Manosphere, they’ve got a lot to chew on.

Save or Scroll is our series where we team up with guests for a rapid-fire roundup of internet trends that are filling our feeds right now. At the end of each segment, they’ll decide: is the post just for the group chat, or should we save it for a future episode?

Guests: 

• Morgan Sung, Host of Close All Tabs
• Chris Egusa, Senior Editor of Close All Tabs
• Maya Cueva, Producer of Close All Tabs
• Chris Hambrick, Editor of Close All Tabs

Further Reading:

• Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI — Terrence O’Brien, The Verge
• Why OpenAI’s $555,000 Head of Preparedness Role May Be Hard to Fill — Sarah E. Needleman, Business Insider
• Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise — John Ruwitch, NPR
• Why is RAM so expensive right now? It’s way more complicated than you think — Wayne Williams, TechRadar
• AI Singer Xania Monet Just Charted On Billboard, Signed $3 Million Deal. Is This The Future Of Music? — Doug Melville, Forbes
• How Many AI Artists Have Debuted on Billboard’s Charts? — Xander Zellner, Billboard
• The ‘Manosphere’? It’s Planet Earth. — Joseph Bernstein, The New York Times
• “2024 self interviewing my 2025 self” — @seanjaye1988, Instagram Reel