• Despite Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI that is shaking up the AI landscape, OpenAI plans to keep working with the startup, according to CFO Sarah Friar. Friar emphasized the importance of maintaining a diverse vendor ecosystem to support AI development. Meanwhile, Scale’s other key customers like Google, Microsoft, and xAI are reportedly looking to distance themselves from the startup.

OpenAI’s CFO, Sarah Friar, says the company plans to continue working with Scale AI despite the startup’s recent multi-billion-dollar partnership with rival Meta.

“We don’t just buy from Scale,” Friar said at the Viva Technology conference in Paris. “We work with many vendors on the data front.”

“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,” she said. “We don’t want to ice the ecosystem, because acquisitions are going to happen and I think if we ice each other out, I think we’re actually going to slow the pace of innovation.”

Founded in 2016, Scale AI supplies large volumes of labeled and curated training data and works with several major AI companies including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta. On Thursday, Meta announced it was investing $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in the startup—a major move for Meta’s AI capabilities but one that reportedly made some of the Big Tech’s competitors wary of using Scale’s services.

Scale intends to keep operating as an independent business but with deeper commercial ties to Meta. The company’s CEO Alexandr Wang will also join Meta’s team working on “superintelligence” and be replaced by Jason Droege as interim CEO. Wang will remain on Scale’s board and said in a note to employees he would poach a few “Scalien” employees to take with him to Meta, but did not identify them directly.

Scale’s largest customer, Google, reportedly plans to cut ties with the AI data-labeling startup in the wake of the Meta deal. According to a report from Reuters, the tech giant has already held conversations with some of Scale’s rivals to shift much of the workload, representing a significant loss of business for the startup now valued at $29 billion. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment made by Fortune.

Microsoft and Elon Musk’s xAI also reportedly looking to pull back from Scale after the high-profile deal, and despite Friar’s comments, OpenAI reportedly made a similar decision to pull back on some of its business with the startup several months ago.

Representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment made by Fortune outside of normal working hours.

Meta’s $14.3 billion AI bet on Scale

Meta’s deal with Scale AI bolsters Meta’s AI credentials after Zuckerberg reaffirmed the company’s commitment to building technology that outstrips human intelligence—and Meta’s rivals—earlier this year.

Meta has trailed rivals in consumer-facing AI and, unlike competitors like Google and OpenAI, has chosen to release its Llama models as open source. The tech giant’s recent Llama 4 AI models received a lukewarm response from developers, and the company hasn’t yet released its most advanced model, Llama 4 Behemoth. The pause on Behemoth was due to concerns from leadership that the model didn’t sufficiently advance on previous models, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Zuckerberg’s primary gain from the investment appears to be Wang. The 28-year-old will join a reported 50-person superintelligence AI team at Meta that is aiming to beat rivals like Google and OpenAI to artificial general intelligence (AGI). According to Bloomberg, Zuckerberg is personally recruiting for the team after the CEO was disappointed by the reaction to Llama 4.

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• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang isn’t sure about Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent predictions about AI-driven job automation. Speaking at VivaTech in Paris, Huang pushed back on the idea that AI could soon replace half of all entry-level office roles and questioned the philosophy behind limiting AI development to a few actors.

Jensen Huang is not on board with some of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s predictions about advanced AI. Responding to a question about Amodei’s recent prediction that AI could automate up to half of all entry-level office jobs within five years, Huang said he “pretty much disagree[d] with almost everything” his fellow AI CEO says.

“One, he believes that AI is so scary that only they should do it,” Huang said of Amodei at a press briefing at Viva Technology in Paris. “Two, [he believes] that AI is so expensive, nobody else should do it … And three, AI is so incredibly powerful that everyone will lose their jobs, which explains why they should be the only company building it.

“I think AI is a very important technology; we should build it and advance it safely and responsibly,” Huang continued. “If you want things to be done safely and responsibly, you do it in the open … Don’t do it in a dark room and tell me it’s safe.”

Anthropic was founded by Amodei and other former OpenAI employees in 2021 with safety as one of its core missions. Many of Anthropic’s founding team reportedly left OpenAI owing to disagreements about the direction and safety culture at the company.

Amodei has made several public statements about his belief in the potential existential risks of AI. He’s said that he believes humanity may one day lose control of AI systems if they become smarter than humans. He’s also raised concerns about rogue actors weaponizing advanced AI to create bioweapons, engineer cyberattacks, or unleash tools of mass disruption long before machines surpass human intelligence.

More recently, in an interview with Axios, he predicted AI could wipe out roughly 50% of all entry-level white-collar jobs and urged lawmakers to prepare now to protect people’s livelihoods.

Huang acknowledged that the tech may have some impact on employees, but dismissed Amodei’s recent bold claim.

“Everybody’s jobs will be changed. Some jobs will be obsolete, but many jobs are going to be created … Whenever companies are more productive, they hire more people,” he said.

Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fortune.

Quantum computing’s ‘inflection point’ 

Huang made the comments in a press briefing following Nvidia’s GTC Paris conference, where the company announced a new partnership with French startup Mistral as part of a push to develop European computing capacity.

Huang said Nvidia had more than 20 “AI factories” in the works across the continent, promising European researchers and startups that their “GPU shortage will be resolved” soon.

The CEO also touched on Nvidia’s quantum computing efforts, spotlighting Nvidia’s hybrid quantum-classical platform, CUDA-Q, and claiming that quantum computing is hitting an “inflection point.” Huang said that the tech could start solving real-world problems in the next few years.

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• Ohio State University is making AI literacy a requirement for all undergraduates starting in 2025. The university’s new “AI Fluency” initiative includes hands-on workshops and a dedicated course, aiming to equip students to use generative AI responsibly in their chosen fields.

Ohio State University is requiring all students to learn how to use AI. The university’s “AI Fluency” initiative, announced last week, aims to ensure all students graduate equipped to apply AI tools and applications in their fields.

“Through AI Fluency, Ohio State students will be ‘bilingual’ — fluent in both their major field of study and the application of AI in that area,” Ravi V. Bellamkonda, executive vice president and provost at Ohio State, said in a statement. “Grounded with a strong sense of responsibility and possibility, we will prepare Ohio State’s students to harness the power of AI and to lead in shaping the future of their area of study.”

Starting in fall 2025, hands-on experience with AI tools will become a core expectation for every undergraduate at the college, no matter their field of study.

Students will receive an introduction to generative AI in their first few weeks of college while further training will be threaded into the university’s First Year Success Series. These workshops will aim to give students early exposure to real-world applications of AI, and a broader slate of workshops will be available throughout the academic year.

“Ohio State’s faculty have long been pioneers in exploring the transformative potential of AI, driving innovation both in research and education,” said Peter Mohler, the university’s executive vice president for research, innovation, and knowledge. “Our university is leading the way in a multidisciplinary approach to harnessing AI’s benefits, significantly shaping the future of learning and discovery.”

Colleges are changing their view on AI

Colleges have been gradually changing their approach to AI use over the last year, with many beginning to incorporate the tech into classes. College campuses have been somewhat of a flashpoint for wider tensions around AI, as the tech has sparked some tensions between students and professors.

Students were some of the early adopters of the tech after they realized tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT were capable of producing decent-quality essays in seconds. This prompted a rise in the number of students using AI to cheat on assignments, but also led to a few false accusations from professors in return.

Most U.S. colleges have been trying to define and allow for some “acceptable” use of AI among students and professors, but the guidance has sometimes struggled to keep pace with technological advances. Ohio State University’s recent initiative goes further than most colleges and makes the argument that students need to skill up in AI before entering the workforce.

Entry-level jobs, which are typically taken by recent graduates, are some of the most exposed to AI automation. Some have argued recently that we are already seeing these jobs disappear.

The university’s president, Walter “Ted” Carter Jr, said in a statement: “Ohio State has an opportunity and responsibility to prepare students to not just keep up, but lead in this workforce of the future.”

“Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, work, teach, and learn. In the not-so-distant future, every job, in every industry, is going to be [affected] in some way by AI,” he added.

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• Despite warnings from White House security and communications experts, Elon Musk’s DOGE team installed a Starlink satellite internet system at the White House, sparking a confrontation with the Secret Service. Lawmakers and security professionals are concerned that the setup could undermine national security and expose sensitive White House communications.

Elon Musk’s DOGE team reportedly installed a Starlink satellite internet system in the White House despite the objections of government security experts.

According to The Washington Post, White House communications experts reportedly raised concerns over the installation of the satellite internet system, citing national security concerns.

At the time, the installation also reportedly sparked a confrontation between DOGE employees and the Secret Service.

Staffers from Musk’s DOGE team set up the Starlink terminal on the roof of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in February without informing White House communications teams.

This setup allowed internet access through Starlink without standard tracking or authentication safeguards, three people told The Washington Post, potentially exposing the White House to data leaks or hacking.

Unlike other government Wi-Fi systems, the “Starlink Guest” Wi-Fi required only a password rather than the usual username or two-factor authentication. Such a connection could allow devices to bypass security, evade monitoring, and transmit untracked data, according to the report.

It is unclear if the Starlink terminal is still installed at the White House following Musk’s exit and public rift with Donald Trump, but the satellite internet system has also reportedly been used at other government agencies.

Representatives for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment made by Fortune.

However, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told The Washington Post: “We were aware of DOGE’s intentions to improve internet access on the campus and did not consider this matter a security incident or security breach.”

Security Concerns

Starlink’s satellite connections are generally considered more difficult to hack than traditional U.S. telecommunications networks, which have been compromised by foreign adversaries in the past.

However, this added layer of security does not address the core issue: the inability to monitor or control data leaving the White House.

Sources told The Post that any added security from satellite connections does not solve the issue of monitoring restricted data leaving the premises. 

The lack of logging and authentication means that malicious software could enter the building undetected, posing an even greater risk than data leaks.

The controversy has drawn the attention of lawmakers.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have raised the alarm about the Trump administration’s use of Starlink at the White House and across government agencies.

“Brave whistleblowers have shared concerning and vital information with the Committee, and we are pursuing multiple investigations,” said Stephen F. Lynch, the committee’s acting top Democrat. “It could have the potential to undermine our national security by exposing sensitive data and information to hackers, our adversaries, or those wishing to do Americans harm.”

Democratic senators have previously criticized the potential conflict of interest between Musk’s role at SpaceX and in the government.

Last month, in a letter to President Trump, 13 Democratic senators accused the tech mogul of potentially leveraging his government role to secure lucrative private contracts for Starlink, his satellite internet venture, in foreign markets.

The senators urged Trump to launch an investigation into the deals and to make the findings public.

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