{"slug": "google-buys-data-from-bankrupt-spirit-airlines-for-ai-training", "title": "Google buys data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for AI training", "summary": "Google LLC paid $10 million in a bankruptcy auction to acquire data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines, including 100 million emails, 500 million messages, 30 million lines of program code, pricing data from 7.2 billion competing flights, and approximately 7.5 billion passenger transactions, according to Bloomberg Law. Google said the data, which excludes personal information and will be reviewed by a third party, will be used to improve its products and AI models.", "body_md": "Google has paid $10 million in a bankruptcy auction for a large amount of data from the defunct Spirit Airlines, [Bloomberg Law reports](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/google-aims-to-boost-ai-with-purchase-of-spirit-airlines-data).\n\nThe purchase includes 100 million emails, 500 million messages, data from [Microsoft Teams](https://www.computerworld.com/article/1717491/microsoft-teams-cheat-sheet.html), as well as information on revenue, flight operations, marketing, personnel, and project management. The material also includes 30 million lines of program code, development data, and various software models and algorithms, as well as pricing data from 7.2 billion competing flights and approximately 7.5 billion passenger transactions.\n\nNo personal data will be included in the deal, and according to Google, a third party will review the material and remove any information that could identify individuals. Google said the data will then be used to improve the company’s products and AI models.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-data-from-bankrupt-spirit-airlines-for-ai-training", "canonical_source": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4211132/google-buys-data-from-a-bankrupt-airline-for-ai-training.html", "published_at": "2026-08-18 18:48:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 19:11:02.376052+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Google LLC", "Spirit Airlines", "Bloomberg Law", "Microsoft Teams"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-data-from-bankrupt-spirit-airlines-for-ai-training", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-data-from-bankrupt-spirit-airlines-for-ai-training.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-data-from-bankrupt-spirit-airlines-for-ai-training.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-buys-data-from-bankrupt-spirit-airlines-for-ai-training.jsonld"}}