ANTHROPIC PAYS AI'S BIGGEST SALARIES. ITS CEO JUST DISCOVERED PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE THEM FOR THE MONEY

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Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, recently said he was worried that new hires were joining his company for the money rather than the mission. Anthropic reportedly pays more than any lab in AI. Hiring top researchers is hard, and keeping them is even more difficult. When every lab can pay millions, mission is the only lever left. Researchers chase money, but they also chase compute, influence over what gets built, and the freedom to work their own way.