Palantir's big data, AI long game
Michael Steinberger is a reporter with The New York Times Magazine and the author of a forthcoming book on Palantir's CEO entitled 'The Philosopher in the Valley.' He joins the show to discuss Palantir's wide-reaching technology, and what it tells us about the future of government and surveillance.
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