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Palantir provides battlefield intelligence data to Ukraine
Palantir, a Florida-based software development firm, is providing technology that enables Ukraine to systematically collect and analyze battlefield data. This real-world combat data, gathered from video and sensor feeds over four years of conflict, is used to train military artificial intelligence to recognize patterns and predict Russian attacks.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp was the first leader of a major Western Big Tech company to visit Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed support for the company’s role on the digital front line in June 2022.
While the partnership provides a strategic advantage for Ukraine, observers have raised concerns regarding the growing leverage private tech corporations hold over sovereign states. Additionally, critics note that Palantir’s technologies have been implicated in human rights abuses, including in Gaza.
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Alex Karp · Center for Strategic and International Studies · Palantir · Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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- [● 3 SOURCES] Palantir CEO Alex Karp was the first major Western Big Tech CEO to visit Kyiv. bahamasspectator.com · barbadosgazette.com · www.aljazeera.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Yasir Atalan of CSIS stated that Palantir makes different forms of data talk to each other. bahamasspectator.com · barbadosgazette.com · www.aljazeera.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Observers claim Palantir’s technologies are implicated in human rights abuses in Gaza. bahamasspectator.com · barbadosgazette.com · www.aljazeera.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Ukraine uses combat data from video and sensor feeds to train military AI. bahamasspectator.com · barbadosgazette.com · www.aljazeera.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in June 2022 that he was delighted to receive Palantir’s support. bahamasspectator.com · barbadosgazette.com · www.aljazeera.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Palantir provides software that helps Ukraine collect and analyze battlefield data. bahamasspectator.com · barbadosgazette.com · www.aljazeera.com