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Protesters gathered at an NHS conference in Manchester to oppose Palantir's $440 million contract with the UK National Health Service, citing concerns over data privacy, national security, and the company's political ties.

Amnesty reports that Palantir and other contractors were given unlimited access to identifiable NHS England patient information, raising privacy concerns.

The Government Digital Service (GDS) has publicly advised the NHS to maintain an 'open by default' policy for its open source repositories, countering the NHS's decision to close access after vulnerabilities were reported via Project Glasswing. Terence Eden interprets this as a significant internal escalation within the UK civil service.

A talk by a former AI industry insider argues for reclaiming the term "Palantir" from the surveillance company and critiques its role in war zones and the NHS.

The UK government is considering ending Palantir's £330 million NHS Federated Data Platform contract early via a break clause next spring, following criticism from MPs, unions, and campaigners who argue the platform underdelivers, locks in NHS data, and transfers no intellectual property to the health service.