Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million for AI training

NEW YORK: Alphabet’s Google is acquiring internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million, saying it plans to ‌use ⁠the data ⁠for product development and training its AI models.

The acquired data ​includes Spirit Airlines’ employee emails, Microsoft Teams messages, spreadsheets, ​and calendars, as well ⁠as marketing, ‌productivity, and ​operations ​data.

The data will ⁠be de-identified before the sale is ​complete, containing no customer ​information or personally identifiable information.