Google just got a win in its effort to buy Spirit Airlines’ old data. A court-appointed consumer privacy official recommended the sale be approved in a filing on Monday, citing steps taken by Spirit and Google to address risks to passenger privacy. “The parties have taken consequential steps to protect the privacy of the personal
OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work which involved an external organisation analysing AI models. “Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work,” a spokesperson told the BBC. The ChatGPT-maker did not name the sacked
The union representing American Airlines pilots is joining opposition to Spirit Airlines’ plan to sell its old data to Google. After the budget airline shut down earlier this year, Google succeeded in bidding $10 million for its data, which the company said could be used to improve its products and AI models. The Allied Pilots
SpaceX is turning to a Starship executive to head up its massive Memphis data center operations. Elon Musk’s AI and rocket company has placed Kevin Holland, a veteran of SpaceX’s launch business, in charge of building out its AI compute infrastructure, according to a memo viewed by Business Insider. The early September memo from xAI
Walmart is aiming to assuage customers’ fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores. In a statement posted on the company’s website, Walmart Inc.’s CEO John Furner vowed that the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer isn’t using personal information like income, shopping history or a customer’s willingness to pay to set
Australia’s prime minister said a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked into a government website in June. Anthony Albanese said in a Wednesday media briefing in New York that an OpenAI agent had gained unauthorized access to a government Medicare statistics reporting website on June 18, and that public and private files were exposed in the
