Robert Reich argues that Palantir’s AI-powered “super-database” — used by the military, law enforcement, and government agencies — gathers personal data on virtually every American, creating a massive surveillance tool capable of tracking, targeting, or suppressing people at the whim of elites. He warns that the firm’s extraordinary data-crunching power, coupled with backing from powerful bankers and billionaires, threatens democratic institutions by enabling authoritarian control over citizens in the name of “efficiency.”
