Google Bids $10M for Spirit Airlines Data to Train AI Models
Google won a $10 million bid in Spirit Airlines’ Chapter 11 case for corporate internal data and custom software to support AI model development. Google said it is not buying customer or credit-card information. A rival AI data startup, Mercor, had bid $7.5 million, seeking the option to obtain raw data first before anonymizing.
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- Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data for AI Model Development (businessinsider.com)