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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/18985984

Palantir, the company named for the dangerous seeing-stones that tended to mislead their users, has announced a partnership with Microsoft to deliver services for classified networks in US defense and intelligence agencies.

“This is a first-of-its-kind, integrated suite of technology that will allow critical national security missions to operationalize Microsoft’s best-in-class large language models (LLMs) via Azure OpenAI Service within Palantir’s AI Platforms (AIP) in Microsoft’s government and classified cloud environments,” the announcement says.

Palantir is a data-analysis company that sucks down huge amounts of personal data to assist governments and companies with surveillance. It is somewhat unclear from the text of the announcement what services Palantir and Microsoft will offer. What we do know is that Microsoft’s Azure cloud services will integrate Palantir products. Previously, Azure incorporated OpenAI’s Chat-GPT4 into a “top secret” version of its software.

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[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 53 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's great when dystopic defense contractors take names from the things I love! Palmer Luckey started one called Anduril, and I just can't tell you how much I love these fucking shits co-opting Tolkien's words in their endeavors to profit on oppression and murder.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Tolkien estate usually doesn't like their words used in random stuff. Sometimes I think they're bordering on control freaks, but in that particular case, yeah, nuking that shit and forcing them to change their name wouldn't seem unreasonable to me.

If they're not aware of it, maybe someone should tip them.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 9 points 2 months ago

Unless you do it yourself right now, no one will.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Government officials testing the AI:

Will there be a mass protest?

Calculating...

The government will fall and all members will be exiled within 7 years unless following policies are implemented: policies.doc

How about we ignore those policies. Give me a list of the trouble makers so we can start them

Calculating...

The list of most likely suspects can be found here: suspects.doc

Calculating...

Mass protests will now erupt in 3 years and ask members of government executed.

Hmmm. And if we just mislead them so they won't go after us?

Calculating..

Due to massive misinformation, foreign parties can co-opt this system, causing civil war in 8 years and splitting up of the country, with parts de facto ruled by foreign entities. See map.doc

Calculating...

Wealth redistribution recommended. See policies.doc

"Palantir customer service? Yes, I think your doohickey is broken."

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Palantir is Theil owned. It's is never, ever going to recommend wealth redistribution.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Musk and Thiel sticking their tiny rat dicks in our government again.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's also really annoying that they've taken names from LotR (e.g. Palantir, Narya), a story about fighting the ultimate authoritarian evil.

[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I don't think they quite understand the material lol

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Fuck Palantir, that Wannabe Sauron Peter Thiel needs to fuck off of Middle Earth.

[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Welp, reality just turned somehow worse than wargames somehow.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

great advertisement for linux

[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago
[–] capital@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

On one hand, it’s great to see non tech people get into Linux.

On the other, it’s strange to see people who evangelize Linux not really know what they’re talking about when it comes to technology.

[–] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Palantir will only be available on Microsoft government servers that usually run Linux, the news does not say it will be on Windows.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It’s most definitely not only on Azure.

https://www.palantir.com/partnerships/aws/

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, I'm sure this'll end well.

/s