Alex Karp's 'Supervillain' Manifesto Is Putting Palantir's Contracts at Risk

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Source: Gizmodo

Palantir’s long-winded political mission statement posted over the weekend seems to be backfiring, potentially putting its government contracts in the United Kingdom at risk.

Several U.K. members of Parliament have publicly criticized the post, while other officials are signaling that the National Health Service (NHS) could back out of its seven-year, 330 million pound ($445.8 million) contract with the company early.

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“Palantir’s manifesto, which embraces AI state surveillance of citizens along with national service in the USA, is either a parody of a RoboCop film, or a disturbing narcissistic rant from an arrogant organisation,” said Martin Wrigley, a Liberal Democrat MP and member of the Commons science and technology select committee, The Guardian reported. “Either way it shows that the company’s ethos is entirely unsuited to working on UK government projects involving citizens’ most sensitive private data.”

Victoria Collins, another Liberal Democrat MP, said the manifesto sounded like the “ramblings of a supervillain.”

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Read more: https://gizmodo.com/alex-karps-supervillain-manifesto-is-putting-palantirs-contracts-at-risk-2000749105

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Have any Democratic politicians criticized Palantir's manifesto? They should.