AI researchers leaving academia for high-paying opportunities in industry, Microsoft has launched the ‘Microsoft Research-Cambridge University Machine Learning Initiative’ to nurture the next generation of data scientists and machine-learning engineers. This initiative includes partnerships with universities to prevent talent poaching, allowing employees to continue their teaching roles, funding PhD scholarships, offering co-supervised research opportunities, and providing paid internships. Although Microsoft's report does not explicitly address Brexit, the impending departure from the EU presents the UK with a chance to i