At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race

A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.

Original: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/at-250-million-top-ai-salaries-dwarf-those-of-the-manhattan-project-and-the-space-race/