As Big Tech Dominates AI, Academics Face Widening Resource and Talent Gaps
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Fei-Fei Li and other academics argue tech giants' billions in AI investment is pricing universities out of AI research. Stanford has 68 GPUs vs Meta's 350,000.
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As big tech dominates AI breakthroughs, a massive resource gap is building with even the richest universities.
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Sky-high salaries at big tech companies are draining academia of talent, with 70% of AI PhDs now going into industry.
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The tech industry created 32 major AI models in 2022 vs just 3 from academics, a reversal from 2014 when most models came from universities.
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Some lawmakers support plans to fund a national AI research warehouse to help public sector researchers, but compensation gaps continue to widen.