Revealed: Palantir lobbied minister to stretch AI tools’ reach to NHS GP records
Exclusive: WhatsApp messages show firm pressuring Zubir Ahmed MP to help bring sensitive data into its platform UK politics live – latest updates Palantir lobbied a health minister to consider extending its AI technology into GP records, stretching its reach into the NHS in a way doctors fear could undermine trust with patients. The US company, co-founded by the Trump-supporting billionaire Peter…
WhatsApp messages obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that the US data analytics firm Palantir lobbied a former health minister to include General Practitioner (GP) records in its platform, despite the original contract expressly excluding such data. The company, founded by Peter Thiel, argued that its AI technology, known as Foundry, would enhance the National Health Service (NHS) for patients and taxpayers.
Palantir's UK boss, Louis Mosley, urged the minister to "get out ahead of" potential political opposition and stressed the software's ability to maintain local control of data. However, groups representing doctors and patients, such as the British Medical Association, have opposed integrating GP data into Palantir's platform, citing a lack of trust in the company, which also serves the Israeli military and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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