In brief
- Google agreed to pay $10 million for Spirit Airlines business data to improve its products and AI models.
- The data includes internal communications, spreadsheets, booking and frequent-flyer records, and employee information, according to CNN.
- AI data company Mercor bid $7.5 million for the data, with the sale awaiting approval from a bankruptcy judge.
Google is paying $10 million for Spirit Airlines’ business data, including internal communications and company records that it plans to use to improve its AI models.
The deal includes emails, spreadsheets, bookings, frequent-flyer information, and employee human resources data, according to a report by CNN. The information will be stripped of details that could identify individuals before Google receives it.
“We acquired part of an enterprise dataset from Spirit Airlines, which can be helpful in improving our products and AI models,” a Google spokesperson told CNN. The company said it will not receive personal information through the purchase.
