TLDR
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Palantir hired 32 senior UK public sector officials since 2012, spanning NHS, MoD, Home Office, and intelligence roles.
Key Takeaways
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Hires include the MoD’s senior AI official who co-wrote UK military AI strategy, and NHS England’s former director of AI.
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Palantir holds contracts with the NHS, MoD, Financial Conduct Authority, and 11 UK police forces.
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Four House of Lords members advised Palantir; paid consultants include two generals and a former chief adviser to the PM.
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Transparency International UK warns of “acute risk” of former officials misusing privileged contacts and information.
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Palantir disputes the framing, noting 14 of the 32 no longer work with the firm and six are military veterans.
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