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Investing.com -- OpenAI plans to maintain its working relationship with Scale AI following Meta (NASDAQ:META)’s agreement on Friday to acquire a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup for $14.8 billion, according to OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar.
Speaking at the VivaTech conference in Paris, Friar emphasized the importance of continued collaboration within the AI ecosystem despite acquisitions. "We don’t want to ice the ecosystem because acquisitions are going to happen," she said. "And if we ice each other out, I think we’re actually going to slow the pace of innovation."
Scale AI specializes in providing labeled and curated training data, which is essential for developing advanced AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The Microsoft-backed OpenAI produces ChatGPT AI language models that compete with Meta’s Llama family of models.
As part of the deal, Scale CEO Alexandr Wang will join Meta to lead its new superintelligence unit.
Friar noted that OpenAI’s relationship with Scale AI is just one part of their data sourcing strategy. "We don’t just buy from Scale," she said. "We work with many vendors on the data front."
The OpenAI executive also highlighted the increasing complexity of AI development, explaining that "as models have gotten smarter, you’re going into a place where you need real expertise... we have academics and experts telling us that they are finding novel things in their space."
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