Frontier AI Talent Measures In Hundreds

Runway’s CEO estimates only 'hundreds' of people worldwide can train complex frontier AI models, even as CS grads and laid‑off engineers flood the market. Firms are offering roughly $500k base salaries and extreme hours to recruit them. — If frontier‑model training skills are this scarce, immigration, education, and national‑security policy will revolve around competing for a tiny global cohort.