Google buys Spirit Airlines data for AI training for just $10 million — purchase includes hundreds of millions of emails, Microsoft Teams chats, billions of flight pricing records, and anonymized passenger records
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This treasure trove of data came at a relatively affordable $10 million.
  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    80·
    23 hours ago

    They didn’t, they bought the data, and only the data, in a bankruptcy auction.
    Everything is on sale for the highest bidder in an effort to get as much money to pay the company debt as possible. Buying the actual company would be suicide, as then you also get all that debt.

    • ag10n@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      23 hours ago

      I think that’s the point, they could keep it afloat as competition for what they paid

      • Rinzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        17 hours ago

        If you mean the 10 million could have kept Spirit afloat then I’m going to disagree and say that 10 million is a drop in the bucket for their cash flow needs.