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Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Devalued, Automated Hate Speech Not Working

Bloomberg Continues to Needle Palantir Technologies All seven mutual funds that own Palantir shares have slashed the value of their holdings since their 2015 high of $11.38. SP Investments Management values Palantir at $7.87 a share as of September, the most recent data available. Morgan Stanley’s mutual funds have decreased prices seven times in three …

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Stephen E. Arnold: #GoogleGestapo – Will Palantir Follow Cambridge Analytica Over the Facebook Cliff?

Phrase of the Day: Collateral Damage The Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data scandal has rightly been scrutinized by everyone from individual users to entire government bodies. As could be expected when the players are this large, what people are finding links together unlikely suspects and victims in this data breach. One such surprise popped up this week …

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Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Fired by New Orleans — Is US Army Being Stupid?

Crime Prediction: Not a New Intelligence Analysis Function We noted “New Orleans Ends Its Palantir Predictive Policing Program.” The interest in this Palantir Technologies’ project surprised us from our log cabin with a view of the mine drainage run off pond. The predictive angle is neither new nor particularly stealthy. Many years ago when I …

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Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Shits Again…

PBI: Above is our editorial title, see our comment below the fold. Palantir Technologies: An Overview of What Looks Like a Muliti Front War I read “Conservatives See Political Reprisal As Obama Administration Sues Peter Thiel’s Palantir.” Here in Harrod’s Creek “political reprisal” gets translated as blood feud. The source for the “reprisal” allegation is …

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Stephen E. Arnold: US Government Struggling with IT — 77% of funding consumed by O&M — while Palantir sues US Army for business….

US Government: Computer Infrastructure Notice that the US Federal government spent $0.68 cents of every IT dollar on operations and maintenance in 2010. Jump to the 2017 estimate. Notice that the status quo is likely to consume $0.77 cents of every IT dollar. Bam! Pow! Zap! Palantir Steps Up Fight with US Army I recall …

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Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Attacks US Army, Geosparsing, DoD Buries In-Q-Tel, Digital Currencies Neither Anonymous nor Reliable

A Congressman Seems to Support Palantir Gotham for US Army Personnel: I was disappointed that a reference to the F 35 was not included. From my vantage point in Harrod’s Creek, the F 35 program is a more spectacular display of procurement goofs. Geoparsing Is More Magical Than We Think: The article acts as a …

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