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
It seems like letting a company like Palantir anywhere near private medical data is a pretty bad idea. I am happy NYC is doing this.

Palantir builds software that customers use to work with their own data. Custody of the data remains with the customer.

This is like saying a hospital that uses Excel is handing over data to Microsoft.

This isn’t accurate, Palantir business model includes mass surveillance for military/security purposes; if a company is concerned with privacy should think twice before handling it to Palantir, even if with all the assurances they might give in terms of data governance.

> This isn’t accurate, Palantir business model includes mass surveillance for military/security purposes;

You realize that this is not mutually exclusive with what I just wrote?

Palantir builds software for military and security purposes. But the customers don't give this data to Palantir, custody of this data remains with the customer.