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AI Companies Desperate For Data Are Buying Up Dead Airlines’ Emails And Scanning Old Books

Google LLC is purchasing Spirit Airlines' data for $10 million to train its AI models, according to Forbes. The tech giant is among AI companies resorting to unconventional data sources, including dead airlines' emails and scanned old books, to feed their algorithms.

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AI Companies Desperate For Data Are Buying Up Dead Airlines’ Emails And Scanning Old Books
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By Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes StaffSource:

Forbes InnovationGoogle says its buying Spirit Airlines’ data for $10 million.

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