Sam Altman’s Return As OpenAI CEO Is A Relief—and Lesson—For Us All

The sudden ousting of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Friday initially seemed to suggest one thing: he must have done something really, really bad. Possibly illegal. After all, even when executives fraudulently misuse company funds, or have improper sexual relationships with employees, companies typically take months to announce a leader’s departure to spend more time “with their family” or on “philanthropic endeavors.” So when OpenAI’s Board of Directors publicly announced that Altman had been fired after “failing to be consistently candid,” within hours of Altman himself being told he was...