“ChinAI #332: AI PhD Grads are ‘Unsellable’” by Jeffrey Ding

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• New AI PhD grads are “unsellable”
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• Industrial Policy and Economic Security Conference
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• OPT Observatory
• First Key Update to International AI Safety Report

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

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First published:
October 20th, 2025

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-332-ai-phd-grads-are-unsellable

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