The article is about tech firms and universities stocking up on research centers of AI experts, with the claim in its title that there is a high demand for thos

The article is about tech firms and universities stocking up on research centers of AI experts, with the claim in its title that there is a high demand for those AI experts. There might also be a demand for applied statisticians, but that doesn't make AI experts statisticians. I understand the confusion, as the term AI is often misused, but when you see the names mentioned in the article it's clear they're talking about actual AI researchers.