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Palantir's big data, AI long game

Palantir’s technology has been used by everyone from the CIA and Mossad to Airbus and Morgan Stanley. The multi-billion dollar big data software company is at the centre of many of the major issues of our time.
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SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 08: Alexander Karp, chief executive officer and co-founder of Palantir Technologies Inc., attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 7, 2015 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Many of the worlds wealthiest and most powerful business people from media, finance, and technology attend the annual week-long conference which is in its 33nd year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Front Burner32:45Palantir’s big data, AI long game

Palantir's technology has been used by everyone from the CIA and Mossad to Airbus and Morgan Stanley. The multi-billion dollar big data software company is at the centre of many of the major issues of our time. 

Michael Steinberger is a reporter with The New York Times Magazine and the author of a forthcoming book on Palantir's CEO entitled 'The Philosopher in the Valley.' He joins the show to discuss Palantir's wide-reaching technology, and what it tells us about the future of government and surveillance.

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