chrisjj2d ago

New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/26/new-york-hospitals-palantir-ai

New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK

The decision follows activist pressure as Palantir faces growing scrutiny over NHS and UK government deals

The Guardian
Show threadnottorp2d ago
Palantir is an AI firm now? Thought it was a data collection/spyware firm.
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spyware

Why is Palantir a spyware company, but Snowflake or Databricks are not? "Spyware" has an actual definition, and there are real companies that sell it, like Pegasus. It's not some catch-all term for what people call "evil".

Mar 26 at 10:24pmWeb
Show threadnatebc2d ago
If they're not a spyware company then they really super duper picked the wrong name. Maybe they were just going for evil, in which case ... well I'm glad NYC hospitals have dropped them and I hope many, many more companies and organizations choose the same path.