Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million

Exam-focused facts from the 24 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Alphabet's Google is acquiring internal business data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines for $10 million to use for product development and training its AI models.
The acquired data includes Spirit Airlines' employee emails, Microsoft Teams messages, spreadsheets, calendars, and marketing, productivity, and operations data.
The data will be de-identified before the sale is complete, containing no customer information or personally identifiable information.
A U.S. bankruptcy judge will consider approving the data sale at a Wednesday court hearing.