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

By Thomson Reuters Oct 8, 2026 | 2:49 PM

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – 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.

The ​lawmakers led by Senator ⁠Elizabeth ⁠Warren and Representative ​Steven Horsford said ​the sale would ‌include 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft ⁠Teams messages and other employee records.

The lawmakers ⁠asked ‌the company ⁠to “exclude employee ​information ‌from the ​transaction to ⁠the greatest extent possible.”

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark ​Porter)