How Palantir embedded itself in the day-to-day work of Ukraine's wartime government in an unprecedented way, as Ukraine becomes a laboratory for military tech
Early on the morning of June 1, 2022, Alex Karp, the CEO of the data-analytics firm Palantir Technologies, crossed the border between Poland … Mastodon: @TechDesk@flipboard.social . X: @alanasemuels , @arturkluz , @jawwwn_ , @verambergen , @lilyslynch , @elianoayounes , @palantirtech , @loumariehsd , and @hyperindexed . Forums: r/PLTR Mastodon: @TechDesk@flipboard.social : How the battlefields of Ukraine became a testing ground for Big Tech companies to try out their new military-grade technologies. The data analytics firm Palintir was the first to offer their services three months after the war began. Since then, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Starlink have sought to assist Kyiv's fight. … X: @alanasemuels : Many amazing details in this @VeraMBergen TIME cover story about the AI tools used in the ongoing war in Ukraine: https://time.com/... [image] Artur Kluz / @arturkluz : This is the first time ever, in a war, that most of the critical technologies are not coming from federally funded research labs but commercial technologies off the shelf. https://time.com/... @jawwwn_ : We finally get the story of how $PLTR CEO Alex Karp traveled to Ukraine! “They are the AI arms dealer of the 21st century,” says @jacobhelberg Karp saw the opportunity to fulfill Palantir's mission to “scare the f-ck out of our enemies.” https://time.com/... [image] Vera Bergengruen / @verambergen : Last fall I spent some time in Ukraine reporting on how U.S. tech companies and Zelensky's government have teamed up to use its front lines as a “living lab” to create and test the next generation of warfare. Lots of new details in my cover story in @TIME https://time.com/... [image] Lily Lynch / @lilyslynch : A fascinating article by @VeraMBergen in @TIME about how Ukraine has become “a living laboratory” for the next generation of AI warfare for private companies like Palantir https://time.com/... Eliano A. Younes / @elianoayounes : It goes without saying - I'm really proud to work at Palantir. This is another great piece highlighting the critical role that Palantir is playing around the world. https://time.com/... @palantirtech : “The solution they landed on was to build a tech sector that could not just help win the war but also serve as a pillar of Ukraine's economy when it was over.” - @VeraMBergen in @TIME The West must win, and technology is our deciding factor. Read more: https://time.com/... [image] Louise Marie Hurel / @loumariehsd : Brilliantly written piece @TIME on how Palantir has used UKR as a lab for military AI. “In conflicts waged w software & AI, where + military decisions are likely to be handed off to algorithms, tech comp stand to wield outsize power as independent actors"https://time.com/... Akshay Krishnaswamy / @hyperindexed : “Government officials were trained to use a Palantir tool called MetaConstellation, which uses commercial data, including satellite imagery, to give a near real-time picture of a given battle space.” https://time.com/... [image] Forums: r/PLTR : How Tech Giants Turned Ukraine Into an AI War Lab