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