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Spirit in the machine. Technology
The Verge • 2mo ago

Spirit in the machine.

Google won a $10 million bankruptcy auction to acquire a hefty collection of business data from the now defunct Spirit Airlines, which it plans to use for AI training. The data, which includes calendar info, documents, spreadsheets, emails, and employee chats will be “deidentified,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement to Axios: > “We will not receive any personal information from this dataset. Any data we receive will be rigorously scrubbed of any personally identifiable information by a third party before receipt.”

Spirit’s former flight attendants protect their data from Google. Technology
The Verge • 2d ago

Spirit’s former flight attendants protect their data from Google.

The tech giant spent $10 million to buy a collection of internal data from defunct airline Spirit for AI training, which it said would be “deidentified.” A union representing attendants has made sure of that, persuading Google to agree to stricter terms excluding employee medical data, along with details on labor relations and safety investigations. [Link: Google Wanted Spirit Airlines Data. Flight Attendants Found a Way to Opt Out | https://www.wired.com/story/google-wanted-spirit-airlines-data-flight-attendants-found-a-way-to-opt-out/ | WIRED]

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