Google pays $10M for Spirit Airlines data to train AI models

Google agreed to pay $10 million for Spirit Airlines' business data to improve its AI models, including emails, spreadsheets, booking and frequent-flyer records, and employee HR data that will be de-identified. AI data company Mercor bid $7.5 million, and the sale awaits a bankruptcy judge's approval.
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