Google Scoops Up Spirit Airlines' Data in Bankruptcy Sale to Train AI
Google paid $10 million for Spirit Airlines records, including hundreds of millions of chats and emails, to improve its AI models.
- Google won a bankruptcy auction on Monday to purchase internal data from defunct Spirit Airlines for $10 million, securing records to train artificial intelligence models.
- The competitive auction saw Google outbid AI firm Mercor, which offered $7.5 million, after Spirit Airlines ceased operations earlier this year due to financial struggles.
- Acquired assets include over 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams chats, and operational records, while the purchase explicitly excludes passenger profiles and loyalty program information.
- A Google spokesperson confirmed the data will be "rigorously scrubbed of any personally identifiable information by a third party before receipt," ensuring deidentification for model training.
- Judge Sean H. Lane is scheduled to hear the sale on Wednesday, as proprietary business data becomes an increasingly sought-after commodity for companies developing advanced AI models.
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Google to pay over Rs 95 crore for data of bankrupt airline, will use it to train AI
Google has won a bid to buy data of bankrupt US air carrier, Spirit Airlines, for $10 million, or roughly Rs 95 crore, with plans to use it to train AI. The data includes over 100 million emails, and 500 million Microsoft Teams chats, among other records.
It has been confirmed that Google has acquired the internal data of a bankrupt low-cost airline for a large sum. According to documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on the 17th (local time), Google was selected as the final winner in the auction for Spirit Airlines' data held on the 14th. Spirit Airlines, a low-cost carrier with 17,000 employees, filed for bankruptcy last May due to debt and the impa…
Google wins $10M bid for Spirit Airlines’ business data to improve AI models - report
Alphabet’s Google (GOOG) is acquiring internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10M, saying it plans to use the data for product development and training its AI models,
Google has secured a huge data package for the training of artificial intelligence of the bankrupt US-Billigflieger Spirit Airlines.
In order to feed their AI models with data, tech companies go unusual ways. Google will soon use e-mails and chats from an insolvent airline. Another company was able to stand out in the bid competition.
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