A study reveals how huge paychecks from tech giants are pulling top AI researchers away from universities.
The top 1% of AI scientists in industry now earn around $2 mn a year.
Researchers who move to these private companies stop writing public papers and instead file 530% more patents to keep their work secret.
This study tracked 42,000 AI researchers
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nber. org/system/files/working_papers/w34964/w34964.pdf
A study reveals how huge paychecks from tech giants are pulling top AI researchers away from universities.
The top 1% of AI scientists in industry now earn around $2 mn a year.
Researchers who move to these private companies stop writing public papers and instead file 530% more patents to keep their work secret.
This study tracked 42,000 AI researchers
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nber. org/system/files/working_papers/w34964/w34964.pdf
A study reveals how huge paychecks from tech giants are pulling top AI researchers away from universities.
The top 1% of AI scientists in industry now earn around $2 mn a year.
Researchers who move to these private companies stop writing public papers and instead file 530% more patents to keep their work secret.
This study tracked 42,000 AI researchers
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nber. org/system/files/working_papers/w34964/w34964.pdf
Many users criticized tech giants luring AI researchers with million-dollar pay as causing a public-funded brain drain while governments provide insufficient support to retain talent.