Scale AI may lose partnership with Microsoft, Google, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI after Facebook’s $14 billion investment

Google, the largest customer of AI data-labeling firm Scale AI, plans to end its relationship with the company following news that rival Facebook-parent company Meta is acquiring a 49% stake, a report said. Google had reportedly intended to pay Scale AI around $200 million this year for human-labeled training data, essential for developing advanced AI models like its ChatGPT competitor, Gemini.

Citing five sources familiar with the matter, news agency Reuters reported that the move stems from concerns that Meta’s significant investment could expose Google’s proprietary AI research and roadmap to a key competitor.