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AI researchers reckon with the $1.5 million ‘academia tax’

NatureThursday, September 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-02026-1 Academics explain that their research freedom beats the increased salary they would get in the corporate sector, but emerging hybrid models might allow them to get the best of both worlds.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-02026-1 Academics explain that their research freedom beats the increased salary they would get in the corporate sector, but emerging hybrid models might allow them to get the best of both worlds.
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Nature, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-02026-1 Academics explain that their research freedom beats the increased salary they would get in the corporate sector, but emerging hybrid models might allow them to get the best of both worlds.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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