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ancianita

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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 04:02 PM Monday

The Palantir Problem: What Helped the US Military In Afghanistan Is Not What Helps the Civilian US Government

Palantir will offer versions to civilian government of what worked for the US military in Afghanistan, along with other "innovations."

Palantir calls itself "emerging technology," co-opting language, implementing AI kill chain tech, helping insurance "denials management," controlling our HHS data, going through our IRS data... pitching even more "help" to our military/industrial/corporate/civilian complex.

Shyam Sankar: "Turning to government. We continue to advance our mission of becoming the US government's central operation system as we extend our footprint across defense, health care and civilian agencies."



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