Palantir
Met gets extension to Palantir AI project after Sadiq Khan blocked deal
June 24, 2026The Metropolitan police have been granted a 12-month extension to a pilot project with the spy-tech firm Palantir while the force carries out a procurement process. The development comes weeks after the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, blocked a £50m deal between the Met and the US company to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations. […]
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Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan over blocked £50m Met police contract
June 9, 2026Palantir intends to sue the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, after he blocked a contract between the US spy-tech firm and the Metropolitan police. The Met had planned to use Palantir’s software to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, until Khan intervened in late May, sparking a row between the UK’s largest police force and the […]
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Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked
May 22, 2026Palantir has accused Sadiq Khan of “putting politics above public safety” after the London mayor blocked its £50m contract with the Metropolitan police in a move that has also led to tensions inside Labour over its involvement with the US tech company. Louis Mosley, who heads Palantir in the UK and Europe, accused Khan of […]
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Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir
May 21, 2026Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir, sparking a bitter row between the London mayor and Scotland Yard. After the UK’s largest police force had agreed to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, Khan intervened, citing “serious concerns” about how the […]
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Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations
April 22, 2026The Metropolitan police has held talks with Palantir that could lead to the London force buying the US spy-tech company’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis for criminal investigations, the Guardian has learned. Palantir, whose software is used by Donald Trump’s ICE immigration enforcement programme and the Israeli military, demonstrated its systems to senior officers […]
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Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct
February 22, 2026Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned. The Metropolitan police has previously declined to confirm or deny whether it used technology supplied by the company, which also works for the Israeli military and […]
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