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Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

The Guardian — Privacy · · International · AI Governance

Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons The US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power and implying some cultures are inferior to others – in what MPs have called “a parody of a RoboCop film” and “the ramblings of a supervillain”. “Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive,” wrote Palantir in a 22-point post on X over the weekend, which also called for an end to the “postwar neutering” of Germany and Japan. Continue reading...

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