{
  "id": 1775181,
  "title": "Google buys data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for AI training",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/google-buys-data-from-bankrupt-spirit-airlines-for-ai-training",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:48:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Computerworld",
    "slug": "computerworld",
    "url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4211132/google-buys-data-from-a-bankrupt-airline-for-ai-training.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google has acquired a substantial amount of data from Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy auction for $10 million, as reported by Computerworld. The purchased data encompasses a wide range of information, including 100 million emails, 500 million messages, data from Microsoft Teams, and details on revenue, flight operations, marketing, personnel, and project management. Additionally, the deal includes 30 million lines of program code, development data, software models, algorithms, and pricing data from 7.2 billion competing flights and approximately 7.5 billion passenger transactions. Google assures that no personal data will be included in the acquisition, and a third-party review will remove any identifying information. The acquired data will be utilized to enhance Google's products and AI models.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}