Morning Edition · Thursday, July 16, 2026Published at 1:44 AM EDT · New York
Palantir's Karp Says AI Systems Are Now Central to Europe's Security and Economy
The chief executive frames battlefield and economic AI as already indispensable, a claim that serves a company selling exactly those systems.
Alex Karp, co-founder and chief executive of Palantir Technologies, argued that Europe already depends on AI systems for both security and economic survival, stating that without them the outcome of the war in Ukraine would have been differ…
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AI Becomes a Defense Procurement Category
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