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Palantir has won a $300 million contract from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support the National Farm Security Action Plan (NFSAP) and modernize how USDA delivers services to America's farmers.

The agreement aims to boost farm security and support USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC), which facilitates crop insurance, conservation programs, farm safety net programs, lending, and disaster programs.

Palantir has pledged to provide operational software to enable the USDA to boost supply chain resilience and protect programs from fraud, abuse, and "foreign adversary influence." The government department is to gain critical visibility into risks that can affect America’s agricultural production and food supply, the US spy-tech company said in a statement.

"Palantir has pledged" is a scary phrase.

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[-] Visikde@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago

Isn't Palantir the definition of
“foreign adversary influence.”?
They're going to automate the waste, fraud & abuse, dodgy style

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