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Doctors call for greater scrutiny of bidders for platform that pools UK’s health info Palantir

Doctors call for greater scrutiny of bidders for platform that pools UK’s health info

A family doctors' conference has called on the UK's medics union to help scrutinize bidders for the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) contract to ensure they have a positive track record on security, privacy and ethics. In London yesterday the BMA's GPs Committee hosted a conference of representatives from England's…
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November 25, 2022
UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent Palantir

UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent

The UK government is set to extract patient-identifiable data from NHS hospital systems and share this with its data platform based on technology from Palantir, a move that seems set to provoke another legal challenge. Without consulting patients or giving them the choice of opting out, NHS England and NHS…
bubmag
November 4, 2022
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says this deadly tidal wave of macroeconomic risks will wipe out some companies Palantir

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says this deadly tidal wave of macroeconomic risks will wipe out some companies

Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp believes this period of "deadly" macroeconomic uncertainties will crush many companies with shaky fundamentals. "Bad times are incredibly good for Palantir ... bad times really uncover the durable companies, and tech is going through bad times ... interest rates are the reason," Karp said Thursday on…
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September 23, 2022
Peter Thiel’s Palantir Teams Up With Better To Create ‘Bloomberg’ for Home Loans Palantir

Peter Thiel’s Palantir Teams Up With Better To Create ‘Bloomberg’ for Home Loans

(Photo credit: YouTube and Getty) The mortgage lending company that faced criticism late last year for summarily laying off 900 people over Zoom is “teaming up” with Palantir Technologies, the big-data software company co-founded by Peter Thiel, the companies announced Wednesday.  The partnership will allow the mortgage company, Better, to quickly…
bubmag
August 17, 2022