[Google Plans to Spend $10 Million to Acquire Data from Bankrupt Airline Spirit Airlines for AI Model Training] BlockBeats News, August 19: Google has agreed to purchase certain corporate data from the bankrupt airline Spirit Airlines for $10 million to improve its products and AI models. The data includes internal emails, Microsoft Teams chat records, calendars, spreadsheets, booking and frequent flyer records, as well as marketing, productivity, operations, and employee human resources data. Spirit stated that the data delivered to Google will be desensitized to remove personally identifiable information. The deal is facing competition, as AI data company Mercor previously offered $7.5 million to bid for the same data. The transaction still requires approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane expected to review the deal on Wednesday local time. Spirit Airlines ceased operations in May this year and is selling off remaining assets through bankruptcy proceedings. As AI companies increase their demand for high-quality training data, internal business data is becoming a new type of asset for AI model training and product optimization. [Original Link]