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Christina Molle

French spy service drops Palantir in favour of French company, says Lecornu

The French government wants to free itself from American influence. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday morning that French company ChapsVision has been chosen to replace US firm Palantir in handling large-scale data processing for the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI).

"We cannot accept new strategic dependencies in the digital sphere", the prime minister argued, expressing his desire to "build genuine autonomy" so as "not to depend on the goodwill of certain partners, who are capable of turning off the tap on access" to AI.

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