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Palantir Technologies, the mega data analysis company, is furthering its takeover of the U.S. federal government under an administration that is more than eager to outsource its responsibilities to private AI-based tech companies.
Palantir, named after the all-seeing eyes of mystical stones in J.R.R. Tolkein’s novel Lord of the Rings, already has contracts across 26 federal departments, including the CIA, FBI, IRS, Department of War, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, etc.
Now it has been granted another contract, worth $300 million, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take control of all data sets related to America’s food supply.
Despite no official announcement publ…
