The Great Brain Drain: Why Academia Is Losing Its Best Minds The latest round of high profile hires by AI companies has sparked a mixture of amazement and alarm in academic circles.
Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and DeepMind have been poaching top professors from the world's leading universities, leaving behind a trail of vacancies and raised eyebrows.
Over 80 current or former academics have joined Anthropic alone, with many more working at other AI firms.