8 resultsfor “Palantir AI concerns Metropolitan police”
Metropolitan police to use AI to analyse intelligence in criminal investigations, while [hundreds of thousands of citizens](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/thousands-call-on-uk-ministers-to-cut-ties-with-us-tech-giant-palantir) and numerous backbench [MPs oppose its role](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/16/labour-and-lib-dem-mps-demand-shameful-palantir-nhs-contract-be-scrapped). [Polling](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/09/who-is-louis-mosley-defending-palantir-critics) last
Palantir, whose software has been used in Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and by Israel’s military, has held talks with the Metropolitan police over a wide-ranging contract that could run into tens
Palantir](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/palantir) in an apparent groundswell of public concern about the US tech company’s role in the NHS, police, military and councils. Two petitions have attracted 229,000 signatures, one calling
Metropolitan police has held talks with [Palantir](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/palantir) that could lead to the London force buying the US spy-tech company’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis for criminal investigations, the Guardian
Metropolitan police, having previously stated Londoners wanted public money going companies that “share the values of our city”. --- **‘A larger moral panic’** Palantir’s listing on the US stock market in 2020 saw its value
Metropolitan police](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/metropolitan-police) hits to the heart of how public services will be delivered in the coming years. A similar dynamic is playing out in hospitals, schools and town halls, but right
concerns around the cabinet table](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/olly-robbins-starmer-sacking-ministers-cabinet-meeting), a senior minister refused to say the dismissal of Olly Robbins was fair and several mandarins called for Robbins to be reinstated. One Labour MP called
Metropolitan police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir, [sparking a bitter row](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-met-police-deal-with-palantir) between the London mayor and Scotland Yard. 3. ***Israel*** | Israel has said it has [deported all the foreign