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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.”

An airport was reportedly evacuated after a Call of Duty player’s game chat was mistaken for a bomb threat. Technology
The Verge • 3d ago

An airport was reportedly evacuated after a Call of Duty player’s game chat was mistaken for a bomb threat.

According to CBS News, a passenger overheard someone say “bomb” and “explosion” while waiting for a Frontier Airlines flight to depart at Ontario International Airport on Sunday night. Police detained the person who made the comments, who said he was talking about his Call of Duty gameplay on a FaceTime call with a friend. [Link: Plane evacuated at California airport after "Call of Duty" gameplay is mistaken for bomb threat, police say | https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/plane-evacuated-at-california-airport-after-call-of-duty-gameplay-is-mistaken-for-bomb-threat-police-say/ | CBS News]

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