Maven
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War in the hands of the algorithm
There was a time when wars were decided on paper maps, with officers hunched over a table, radio calls, and hours—sometimes days—spent verifying information before pressing a button. Today, however, war is beginning to resemble a screen: satellite images, drone videos, sensors, coordinates, and an artificial intelligence that cross-references all that data in real time.… Continue reading
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Trump’s embrace of dystopian Palantir spying tool sends stock soaring
The Trump administration has charged the surveillance firm Palantir with agglomerating the US population’s personal data across government agencies, raising alarm about a centralized spying tool targeting hundreds of millions without oversight. Wall Street responded to the news by sending Palantir’s stock price to unprecedented heights. Continue reading