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]
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.
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The union representing flight attendants for the defunct airline struck a deal with Google to scrub sensitive employee records from a $10 million data sale.
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