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  "path": "/blog/archives/2026/03/academia-and-the-ai-brain-drain.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T11:04:50.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.schneier.com",
  "tags": [
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    "AI",
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    "go.nature.com/3lzf79q"
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  "textContent": "In 2025, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta collectively spent US$380 billion on building artificial-intelligence tools. That number is expected to surge still higher this year, to $650 billion, to fund the building of physical infrastructure, such as data centers (see go.nature.com/3lzf79q). Moreover, these firms are spending lavishly on one particular segment: top technical talent.\n\nMeta reportedly offered a single AI researcher, who had cofounded a start-up firm focused on training AI agents to use computers, a compensation package of $250 million over four years (see ...",
  "title": "Academia and the “AI Brain Drain”"
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