Lawmakers concerned over Google’s plan to acquire AI models from Spirit Airlines data
Lawmakers said the $10 million sale would include 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, raising worker privacy concerns.
- More than 120 US lawmakers raised concerns on Thursday about Google's $10 million acquisition of internal data from defunct Spirit Airlines to train artificial intelligence systems.
- Following Spirit's closure in May, Google won an August auction for internal company data including spreadsheets, calendars, and marketing records as part of the airline's asset liquidation.
- Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford led lawmakers warning the sale includes 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, urging Google to "exclude employee information from the transaction to the greatest extent possible."
- On October 5, a privacy ombudsman recommended a bankruptcy judge approve the deal at an October 14 hearing after excluding passenger data from 97 million Spirit customers.
- Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, said the deal carries "tremendous implications for workers across the economy," while Mercor submitted a competing $7.5 million bid for the employee data.
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The company of Mountain View buys the digital archive of Spirit Airlines: 100 million mails, 500 million messages and years of documents. They will be used to train the AI, but 121 parliamentarians ask for guarantees to protect employees
Google faces backlash over plan to buy Spirit Airlines data
Google’s plan to acquire data from Spirit Airlines is facing growing backlash, with lawmakers warning that the deal could put workers’ privacy at risk. The proposed purchase has sparked concerns about how sensitive employee information could be used as the tech giant expands its artificial intelligence efforts. With more than 100 lawmakers raising questions about the agreement, the controversy is putting a spotlight on what happens to workers’ d…
The technological giant offers $10 million for the digital archives of the failed airline. The information will train artificial intelligence systems. More than 120 politicians contest the sale: employees would not have authorized the use of their data
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