[AI Safety Research Faces Talent Crisis, $500,000 Annual Salary Still Struggles to Recruit] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on August 3, Business Insider reported that METR, a nonprofit organization founded by former OpenAI researcher Beth Barnes, highlighted a severe talent shortage in the field of AI safety research. The organization stated that the biggest bottleneck limiting progress in AI safety is not funding but the lack of specialized talent. METR has posted job openings with annual salaries as high as $503,000 (approximately 3.4 million RMB), yet even such high compensation struggles to attract enough researchers.