Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models
On October 8, over 120 US lawmakers expressed apprehension over Alphabet's Google unit's plan to acquire Spirit Airlines' internal data for $10 million to fuel artificial intelligence models. The lawmakers, spearheaded by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford, voiced concerns that the sale would encompass 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, and other personnel records.
The lawmakers urged the tech giant to exclude employee information from the transaction as much as possible.
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