France to ditch AI data tools from Palantir for domestic provider

Switch to ChapsVision announced by PM comes amid concern about reliance on US-controlled technology

France's domestic intelligence service is to ditch AI data tools from the US tech giant Palantir in favour of a domestic provider in an effort to avoid strategic dependency", the prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, has said.

We must use our own AI models; we cannot accept new strategic dependencies in the digital sphere," Lecornu posted on social media. We cannot rely on tools developed by foreign powers. France must have its own tools."