Why Spirit Airlines’ Internal Data Has Become a Hot Commodity for AI Companies
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Why Spirit Airlines’ internal data has become a hot commodity for AI companies
Spirit Airlines hasn’t flown since May, when the discount carrier announced an “orderly wind-down of operations” as part of bankruptcy proceedings. But the grounded airline might be set for a multimillion-dollar payout from a newly valuable asset: the sale of its corporate data, including internal wikis, emails, source code, and spreadsheets that can be used to train artificial intelligence. Google successfully bid $10 million for the data trove…
What is the value of nearly two decades of decisions made by an airline? For Google, at least $10 million. And, judging by the volume and nature of the information included in the deal, that could be an extraordinarily low price. Google won the auction held as part of Spirit Airlines' liquidation process to acquire a massive collection of internal data from the company, which ceased operations last May. The tech giant has stated that it intends …
The deal in which Google would buy Spirit Airlines' digital archive for $10 million has become the center of a dispute over employee data protection. The AFA-CWA, which represents cabin crew in the United States, filed an objection in Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, arguing that the privacy measures included in the sale primarily protect customer data, not internal employee information.
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