Nigeria, June 16 -- Google is reportedly planning to end its business relationship with Scale AI, a data-labeling company that supports artificial intelligence projects.

The move comes after Meta invested heavily in Scale AI, raising concerns among some of its existing partners. The decision became known after reports indicated that Google, which had initially set aside $200 million to pay Scale this year, is now exploring other vendors instead. Microsoft is also believed to be reconsidering its dealings with the company, while OpenAI is said to have scaled down its involvement with Scale earlier, although it still uses its services among others. Scale AI mainly provides annotated data that helps train AI systems. Its clients range from ...