Coventry council to use Palantir AI in social work, Send and children’s services
by Robert Booth UK technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6ZPWR)
Exclusive: Workers say 500k contract with US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces raises serious ethical questions'
Public sector workers have voiced deep concern" after Coventry city council signed a 500,000-a-year artificial intelligence contract with the US data technology company Palantir.
The deal is the first of its kind between a UK local authority and the Denver-based company, which supplies technology to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and to help Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts.
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