Openai phased out its work with data-tagged startup scale AI, and cut contact with the company a few days later Meta Platform company invest Billions of them and their founders were employed.
A spokesman for OpenAI said Scale accounts for a small portion of Openai’s overall data demand, and he confirmed the company’s decision to work with the company’s phase-out. The Chatgpt Maker is already shrinking its reliance on scale, with OpenAI rival Meta taking 49% of the company, adding that Openai has been seeking providers from other providers to get the more professional data needed to support increasingly advanced advanced AI models.
After Meta’s unusual deal, Openai’s plan injects new uncertainty into Scale’s business. Meta invested $14.3 billion in scale and poached the startup’s CEO Alexandr Wang to build a new so-called “super-smart” unit dedicated to building a stronger, more hypothetical form of AI software. Employees of other sizes are expected to follow Wang to Meta for AI work.
An AI spokesperson declined to comment.
Founded in 2016, Scale has signed up to renowned clients including Alphabet Inc. GoogleMeta and OpenAI, provide them with the data they need to build AI models. But Meta’s deal with scale has raised concerns that social media companies may gain new visibility in their competitors’ AI development efforts. Google plans to cut contacts at scale, Reuters reportciting unnamed persons familiar with the matter.
After the announcement of the dime deal, OpenAI chief financial officer Sarah Friar said the company said it was Planning to continue working and proportion. “We don’t want to freeze the ecosystem because the acquisition will happen,” Frier said at a Vivatech conference in Paris last week.
An OpenAI spokesman said over the past six to 12 months, OpenAi has determined that scale is not the best size for it, as AI developers need more data expertise than scale can offer. OpenAI has moved to building more advanced AI models that can mimic the process of human reasoning, and agent-like models that can perform tasks with limited user input. Forbes Previous reports Openai has finished its work on scale for months.
The scale initially focused on working with a group of contractors to do text and image marking work for early AI systems. Scale has gradually earned a high-paying contractor in doctoral degrees, nursing and other advanced degrees to help develop more complex models.
Despite these efforts, Openai is increasingly relying on other data providers, including MercorAccording to a person familiar with the matter, because the information is private, he does not require identification. Mercor, formerly known for using AI to recruit technical staff, is now focused on finding experts to help AI companies develop more advanced models.
