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UKs COVID-19 health data contracts with Google and Palantir finally emerge

Contracts for quite a lot of coronavirus wisdom provides that the U.Ok. govt inked in haste with U.S. tech giants, in combination with Google and Palantir, plus a U.Ok.-based AI corporate known as College, have been revealed at the moment by the use of openDemocracy and regulation corporate Foxglove — which had threatened legal movement for wit…
Contracts for a number of coronavirus data deals that the U.K. government inked in haste with U.S. tech giants, including Google and Palantir, plus a U.K.-based AI firm called Faculty, have been published today by openDemocracy and law firm Foxglove — which had threatened legal action for wit…

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