Meta’s massive funding in Scale AI could also be giving a few of the startup’s clients pause.
Reuters stories that Google had deliberate to pay Scale $200 million this yr however is now having conversations with its opponents and planning to cut ties. Microsoft can also be reportedly trying to pull again, and OpenAI supposedly made an identical resolution months in the past, though its CFO stated the corporate will proceed working with Scale as one in every of many distributors.
Scale’s clients embrace self-driving automobile firms and the U.S. authorities, however Reuters says its largest purchasers are generative AI firms in search of entry to staff with specialised information who can annotate knowledge to practice fashions.
Google declined to touch upon the report. A Scale spokesperson declined to touch upon the corporate’s relationship with Google, however he advised TechCrunch that Scale’s enterprise stays sturdy, and that it’ll proceed to function as an impartial firm that safeguards its clients’ knowledge.
Earlier stories counsel that Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale for a 49% stake within the firm, with Scale CEO Alexandr Wang becoming a member of Meta to lead the corporate’s efforts to develop “superintelligence.”
