Meta’s Yang Lekun warned that there could be a departure from US-based scientists to cut funding. The Trump administration wants to cut NIH funding and raise concerns in the scientific community. Lecun said Europe should recruit them by offering more favorable research conditions.
According to Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann Lecun, the US could quickly see the technological talent escape.
“The US appears to be set to destroy the public research funding system. Many US-based scientists are looking for Plan B,” Lecun wrote in a LinkedIn post on Saturday. Masu.
The Trump administration issued several executive orders to cut funds, raising concerns among the US-based scientific community.
It announced a dramatic cut at the National Institute of Health, which effectively terminates billions of federal funds for biomedical research. A judge on Friday extended the temporary block of cuts in lawsuits filed by states and universities that say reductions are illegal, passing through the court system.
“A sane government will never do this,” former Harvard Medical Dean Jeffrey Frier said of the cuts in funding in X’s post.
Elon Musk’s cost-saving Doge Squad is also deployed to federal agencies such as the NIH, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.
The executive order that Trump signed on its mandate of diversity, equity and inclusion also raised concerns that it could threaten scientific research at universities.
“At least one university is telling researchers to refrain from terms like “biodiversity” to avoid detection by an AI-based grant review system,” reported Scientific American.
Lecun – earned his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees. In France, he said that US change should be a call for awakening for European institutions and businesses.
“You may have the opportunity to attract some of the best scientists in the world,” he wrote.
He shared seven things that talented researchers would like to see at the university, company, or public research institute they participate in.
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Access to top students and junior collaborators. Access to investigate funds with most administrative overhead. For example, computing, such as infrastructure). You can collaborate/consult with the industry and startups.
His message to Europe: “Enjoy science and technology research experts to attract the best science and technology talent.”
