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Palantir police deal blocked
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan blocked a proposed £50 million Palantir contract with the Metropolitan Police after City Hall said the procurement process had a clear and serious breach. The deal would have used AI tools to process criminal-investigation intelligence. Palantir pushed back, the Met called the decision disappointing, and the row widened into a fight over policing technology, public trust, and reliance on foreign AI companies.
- Frame 1City Hall stops the £50m Palantir police AI deal.
- Frame 2The Met wanted tools to process criminal-intelligence data.
- Frame 3The open question is what London policing buys next.
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- May 23, 10:05 PM EDT
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- May 23, 2:25 PM EDT