Wednesday, 19 August, 2026
Goldmine in the Archives: Why Google Bought a Dead Airline’s Chats for $10 Million
By TechShots Studio
Google won an auction to acquire $10 million worth of digital archives from bankrupt Spirit Airlines, including 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, 100 million emails, and codebase repositories. Since open-web data is largely exhausted, AI developers need real-world workplace interactions to train AI agents for complex, multi-step workflows. All data will be stripped of personally identifiable information.
Read full story at TIMES OF INDIA