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SUMMARY:Inside Palantir
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DESCRIPTION:Palantir is one of the most powerful and most mysterious compan
	ies in the world.\nThe American tech giant\, co-founded by MAGA supporter 
	Peter Thiel\, provides\nessential and controversial technology to (Western
	) militaries and police\nforces. The Dutch government is also a client. Ho
	w desirable is that?\n\nPalantir\, named after the magical seeing stones f
	rom Lord of the Rings\, develops\nsoftware that can link\, analyze\, and v
	isualize enormous amounts of data. The\ncompany supplies armies\, intellig
	ence agencies\, and police services: from the\nUkrainian military to help 
	hold back the Russians to the U.S. immigration\nenforcement agency ICE to 
	track down migrants.\n\nThe Netherlands has also been using Palantir techn
	ology for years\, largely\noutside public view\, according to research by 
	Follow the Money. The Dutch\nmilitary has worked with it since 2010\; the 
	National Police uses the software as\nthe core of its data platform for co
	mbating serious crime. Large volumes of\npolice data – from incident repor
	ts to telecom and location data – are made\nsearchable and analyzable thro
	ugh a single system. Palantir itself states that\nit only provides a platf
	orm and does not process the data.\n\nThis use raises fundamental question
	s. How transparent are these systems? Who\noversees the algorithms? What s
	afeguards exist against errors\, bias\, or wrongful\nsuspicion? And what d
	oes it mean for our digital sovereignty?\n\nOver Techdenkers\n\nTechnologi
	e is een onlosmakelijk onderdeel geworden van ons leven\, maar staan we\nd
	aar wel genoeg bij stil? Tijdens Techdenkers leggen we technische innovati
	e\nlangs de ethische meetlat. Welke invloed heeft de komst van AI op onze 
	levens?\nHoe gaan we met behulp van tech de klimaatcrisis oplossen? En wil
	len we dat\nalgoritmes onze partnerkeuze bepalen?\n\nDe serie Techdenkers 
	wordt inhoudelijk verzorgd en uitgezonden door De Balie en\nis onderdeel v
	an onze partnership met Adyen.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/inside-palantir
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,geopolitiek & mensenrechten,leidseplein
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Palantir is one of the most powerfu
	l and most mysterious companies in the world. The American tech giant, co-
	founded by MAGA supporter Peter Thiel, provides essential and controversia
	l technology to (Western) militaries and police forces. The Dutch governme
	nt is also a client. How desirable is that?</strong></p> <p>Palantir, name
	d after the magical seeing stones from <em>Lord of the Rings</em>, develop
	s software that can link, analyze, and visualize enormous amounts of data.
	 The company supplies armies, intelligence agencies, and police services: 
	from the Ukrainian military to help hold back the Russians to the U.S. imm
	igration enforcement agency ICE to track down migrants.</p> <p>The Netherl
	ands has also been using Palantir technology for years, largely outside pu
	blic view, according to research by Follow the Money. The Dutch military h
	as worked with it since 2010; the National Police uses the software as the
	 core of its data platform for combating serious crime. Large volumes of p
	olice data – from incident reports to telecom and location data – are made
	 searchable and analyzable through a single system. Palantir itself states
	 that it only provides a platform and does not process the data.</p> <p>Th
	is use raises fundamental questions. How transparent are these systems? Wh
	o oversees the algorithms? What safeguards exist against errors, bias, or 
	wrongful suspicion? And what does it mean for our digital sovereignty?</p>
	   Over Techdenkers    <p>Technologie is een onlosmakelijk onderdeel gewor
	den van ons leven, maar staan we daar wel genoeg bij stil? Tijdens Techden
	kers leggen we technische innovatie langs de ethische meetlat. Welke invlo
	ed heeft de komst van AI op onze levens? Hoe gaan we met behulp van tech d
	e klimaatcrisis oplossen? En willen we dat algoritmes onze partnerkeuze be
	palen?</p> <p>De serie Techdenkers wordt inhoudelijk verzorgd en uitgezond
	en door De Balie en is onderdeel van onze partnership met Adyen.</p>
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