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Paige McGlauflin, Joseph Abrams

Sam Altman’s OpenAI ouster offers lesson on the pitfalls of performance evaluations

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks to members of the press outside the “AI Insight Forum” at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Alex Wong—Getty Images)

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It took less than five days for Sam Altman to be fired from, and then reinstated as, OpenAI's CEO. While our heads are still spinning from the fiasco that ensued on Friday, one key lesson that's emerged as the dust settles is that when it comes to talent, you may not know what you’re missing until it’s gone.

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