Reuters reports that five insiders familiar with the situation have disclosed that Google, the largest client of Scale AI, intends to sever its collaboration with the AI data labeling firm after its rival Meta announced the acquisition of a 49% stake. One source revealed that Google had initially budgeted approximately $200 million for this year to procure manually labeled data from Scale AI, data that is pivotal for advancing AI technology. These datasets were originally meant to train AI models, such as Gemini, a Google product designed to compete with ChatGPT. The termination of this partnership is set to impact Google's AI research and development initiatives.