France to ditch AI data tools from Palantir for domestic provider

Switch to ChapsVision announced by PM comes amid concern about reliance on US-controlled technology France’s domestic intelligence service is to ditch AI data tools from the US tech giant Palantir in favour of a domestic provider in an effort to avoid “strategic dependency”, the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has said. “We must use our own AI models; we cannot accept new strategic dependencies in ‌the digital sphere,” Lecornu posted on social media. “We cannot rely on tools developed by f...

By Jon Henley and agencies