Investing.com -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged on Thursday that the soaring costs of compute and memory are throwing a wrench into the AI giant’s rapid expansion, labeling the financial strain "definitely a headwind." Speaking in an interview with CNBC, Altman addressed the mounting infrastructure costs required to keep OpenAI at the frontier of generative AI. However, he balanced the financial reality check with a massive efficiency breakthrough: the company’s newest AI model boasts a 54%