Weird to think there was data Google didn’t already have.
We should profit from the purchases we make that become data for someone else to profit from.
I hate this timeline.
Disgusting.
“Anonymized”
Do you know how easy it is to deanonimize it? Clearly the regulators and politicians don’t care.
To them it’s a feature, not a bug.
I’m not sure how, but buying a company for just the data should be illegal.
They didn’t, they bought the data, and only the data, in a bankruptcy auction.
Everything is on sale for the highest bidder in an effort to get as much money to pay the company debt as possible. Buying the actual company would be suicide, as then you also get all that debt.I think that’s the point, they could keep it afloat as competition for what they paid
Unfortunately even though that isn’t the case here, companies get bought up for parts all the time.
Court records reveal that the Google purchase includes 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams chats, 7.2 billion records for competitors’ flights, 7.5 billion passenger transaction records from 2008, and more than 175,000 employee records from 1986. Aside from this, the company will also get information on revenue, aircraft operations, employee productivity records, audits and fraud, marketing campaigns, human resources records, project management, and pricing curve data, among others.
This could be a cause of concern for anyone who’s ever transacted with the airline, either as a customer, employee, contractor, or even investor, especially as AI is known for its privacy problems.
Add it to the list of reasons to always use email aliases as well as unique passwords and phone numbers!
And never work for any company ever, apparently.
If my place of business goes bankrupt, is Google going to get access to my employment records? The memes I share in work chats? My disciplinary record? My bank account details I used for direct deposit?
If someone puts that they worked at Spirit on a resume, what is the likelihood that job openings will start to query these things to see how far they can lowball someone on wages, or whether they’re a “difficult” employee? This is shit that runs the risk of following someone for life.
These are becoming (more) absurd. Like what the fuck is the benefit of this training data? Now the Gemini can statistically generate new ways to euphemistically refer to poor people?
Or Amazon scraping the “data” out of Twitch streams. I barely see the appeal of watching someone elese play a game. I mean, at least they’re a real person I can conceivably pester with chat messages. Why would I watch a fake person play a game that doesn’t exist?
I have to imagine the goal of the Twitch stuff would be to make something like AI VTuber or something. Less about the game itself, but more about the creator to be replicated.
when the AI bubble pops they can still use this data for personalized advertising.
Certainly only good things coming from this news.
So when Gemini is used to plan the next 9/11, surely someone will object. Right?
Im sure gemini will offer “thoughts and prayers”
