Pentagon torches $800m in working HR projects
Accenture and Oracle binned so Salesforce, Palantir and Workday can have a go
The US Department of Defence is chucking out two human resources software projects worth more than $800 million even though they were nearly finished because someone wanted to give their favourite contractors a turn.
US Army Reserve fast-tracks commissions for silicon valley top brass
Skip boot camp and push ups
The US Army Reserve has pulled off a bizarre bit of military cosplay by commissioning four Silicon Valley bigwigs as lieutenant colonels, skipping the usual boot polish and push-ups.
Palantir’s AI joins NATO’s war machine
Fastest deal in NATO history lands Maven on European frontlines
NATO has rushed through a deal with Palantir to strap its Maven Smart System to the Alliance’s battlefield operations, sealing the contract in just six months.
Thiel shows how AI can kill people
Palantir demos how the military might use AI to fight a war
Palantir, the company owned by billionaire Peter Thiel, is launching the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), software meant to run large language models like GPT-4 and alternatives on private networks.