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America Trembles as Transportation Secretary Announces Plans for Air Traffic Controllers to Lean on AI Tools (futurism.com)

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[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 167 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

It's interesting how the article somewhat obscures that it's Pаlаntir that is making the software

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 51 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I watched the lord of the ring movies this weekend for the first time. Extended versions with my friends.

Wtf is wrong with people who name their company, possibly their life's work, after the evil eye of the big bad evil guy?

[–] auntieclokwise@lemmy.world 2 points 29 minutes ago

Technically, the Palantiri weren't the evil eye of the Sauron. Sauron and Saruman did use them (and that's why you see Sauron's eye in one of them), but the stones themselves were basically just communication and surveillance devices. They were, themselves, fairly neutral and not made by anyone especially evil (probably Feanor - flawed but not evil). But they were used for evil purposes during the time in the LOTR trilogy.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 26 points 10 hours ago

"Are we the baddies?"

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 26 points 12 hours ago

That’s because this news site is owned by a multinational company, which owns several other publications. They sell advertising and not reform

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No they didn't.

Later, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg the Federal Aviation Administration had brought on Palantir, Thales SA, and Air Space Intelligence to compete for the SMART contract. Palantir then released a statement to investors confirming the company was contracted by the FAA to “provide a data analytics tool that will help advance the agency’s modernization objectives for aviation safety.”

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Considering the full article, the headline, the subheader, and the text block you quoted - that is somewhat obscured. They could've said front and center that they were awarded the contract instead of linking to their statement.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

Where do you get the impression they've won the contract? They have another sole source contract with the FAA, but for SMART are still one of three in the running unless there is some source out there I'm missing.

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 1 points 29 minutes ago* (last edited 21 minutes ago)

From the article:

Palantir then released a statement to investors confirming the company was contracted by the FAA to “provide a data analytics tool that will help advance the agency’s modernization objectives for aviation safety.”