✈️ Google's $10M deal for defunct Spirit Airlines' data clears union hurdle
Google is buying internal data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million to train AI, and unions have now won extra privacy protections, clearing the way for a court hearing on November 17. Under the revised terms, Tonic AI will de-identify the data at Google's cost, and medical exams, payroll, drug tests, biometrics and union grievances are excluded. Skift reports the haul still includes about 1.9 billion internal emails, 664 million Teams items and 30 million lines of code.
⭐ It is a rare look at the price of real corporate data for AI training, and at how workers can push back when their records are sold.
#AI
Google is buying internal data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million to train AI, and unions have now won extra privacy protections, clearing the way for a court hearing on November 17. Under the revised terms, Tonic AI will de-identify the data at Google's cost, and medical exams, payroll, drug tests, biometrics and union grievances are excluded. Skift reports the haul still includes about 1.9 billion internal emails, 664 million Teams items and 30 million lines of code.
⭐ It is a rare look at the price of real corporate data for AI training, and at how workers can push back when their records are sold.
#AI
