In the last few months, the race to attract top AI talent has intensified, with multiple reports raising alarm that local startups might struggle to retain this talent. Leaders in the space, like Anthropic and OpenAI, have advertised roles as high as £600k per year. But this rise in wages has not cut across the entire AI supply chain.
Even as semiconductors become the backbone of AI advancements, factory workers who produce them say their pay is not commensurate with the tech giants that sell them at a premium to AI companies.
Workers at Samsung, a leader in the manufacturing of semiconductors, are now threatening a strike for later this month, a move that will affect the supply chain significantly in an already volatile scarcity environment.
They have asked for a 7% increase in wages and overall bonuses from the company’s profits.
— Dennis, Managing Editor
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