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Spirit's Google AI Deal Sparks Backlash From Former Employees Over 100 Million Emails

A deal to hand over roughly 100 million internal Spirit emails to Google for AI purposes has ex-staff raising privacy and consent alarms.

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  • Spirit has an AI-related deal with Google involving approximately 100 million internal company emails.
  • Former Spirit employees are publicly unhappy about the transfer, citing lack of consent and privacy concerns.
  • It is not yet clear whether the emails will be used for AI model training, internal tooling, or another purpose.
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GizmodoPrimaryFormer Spirit Employees Aren’t Happy About Its AI Deal With Google80%
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