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  • Forget Palantir, Microsoft is the government’s real tech problem

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    MPs are right to warn about the dangers of the public sector’s use of Palantir, but the bigger story is the vice-like grip Microsoft exerts of government IT systems, says Bill McCluggage Palantir, the Peter Thiel-founded data analytics firm with its murky intelligence community roots, makes for an irresistible villain. So it’s no surprise that [...]

    At the centre of Microsoft’s pitch is the idea of agents - small, specialised AI systems trained to take on specific security tasks.

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