8 comments

  • tedd4u 17 hours ago

    The original Maven was a Google project but pressure led to Google backing out.

        Palantir’s version of Maven evolved from the original and controversial Project Maven, which was launched in 2017 to use then-cutting edge artificial intelligence algorithms to find potential targets in “overhead imagery” -- largely drone and satellite imagery — that was coming in too fast for harried human analysts. While Google (temporarily) dropped out of the program over anti-war objections from its workforce, other tech firms helped add more capabilities to Maven, with Palantir taking the lead with its prototype award in 2021.
    
    From https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/new-contract-expands-mav...
  • spenvo 18 hours ago

    "In order to strike a blistering 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced artificial intelligence it's ever used in warfare" "Embedded into [Palantir's Maven Smart System] is Anthropic's AI tool Claude, a technology that was banned by the Pentagon last week after heated negotiations over the terms of its use in war. Over the last year military planners have seen Claude, paired with Maven, mature into a tool that is in daily use across most parts of the military, according to two of the people."

    • garbawarb 18 hours ago

      Anthropic is a supply chain risk. Why on earth would they allow them to be used in such important tooling?

      • andrewflnr 15 hours ago

        Anthropic was used in such important tooling. Why on earth would they then declare it a supply chain risk?

        • calebio 13 hours ago

          Have they even filed the forms yet or is this another instance of "let's tweet a thing and let some of the public believe Y (new) while X (old) is actually still true"?

        • nekitamo 12 hours ago

          Because then they get some form of control over Anthropic. Solely through the act of using it, they claim some form of ownership over it.

      • i7l 16 hours ago

        Because if anything goes wrong it only affects foreigners and they don't vote in US elections.

  • roxolotl 18 hours ago