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Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models

More than 120 US lawmakers raised concerns ‌on Thursday about Alphabet's Google unit acquiring defunct carrier Spirit Airlines' internal ⁠data for $10 million to train artificial intelligence systems.

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Lawmakers concerned over Google's plan to acquire AI models from Spirit Airlines dataA bipartisan group of dozens of lawmakers led by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is concerned over Google’s plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data to train its AI models. A letter from the group, sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Spirit CEO Dave Davis, took issue with a proposed $10...

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