{
  "id": 1616949,
  "title": "Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/google-to-buy-spirit-airlines-business-data-for-10-million",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T02:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/google-to-buy-spirit-airlines-business-data-for-10-million/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Alphabet's Google is set to acquire Spirit Airlines' internal business data in a $10 million deal, aiming to utilize it for product development and AI model training. The data encompasses Spirit's employee emails, Microsoft Teams messages, spreadsheets, and calendars, as well as marketing, productivity, and operations data. Before the sale is finalized, a U.S. bankruptcy judge will review the transaction, ensuring no customer or personally identifiable information is included. Spirit Airlines, which shut down its operations in May due to financial difficulties, is also receiving a $7.5 million bid from AI data company Mercor in this bankruptcy asset sale.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Joy Business",
        "title": "Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/google-to-buy-spirit-airlines-business-data-for-10-million-1621735",
        "published": "2026-08-18T02:50:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/google-to-buy-spirit-airlines-business-data-for-10-million-1618786",
        "published": "2026-08-18T02:54:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}