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At an ex-OpenAI researcher's influential lab, $500,000 salaries aren't enough to fix a talent 'bottleneck'

Business InsiderPublished Aug 2, 2026

Beth Barnes, former OpenAI researcher and CEO of nonprofit METR, highlights a critical shortage of AI research talent despite offering salaries up to $503,000. METR collaborates with major AI firms to evaluate rapidly advancing AI capabilities, but the talent bottleneck threatens the pace of AI development and safety research.

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