Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars From New York City’s Public Hospitals
Summary
New York City's public hospital system has paid Palantir millions since 2023 to improve billing through automated processing of patient notes, raising concerns about PHI handling and data sharing with a contractor linked to ICE. The Intercept frames Palantir as controversial due to its ties to ICE, surveillance, and military work, while noting de-identification provisions that may still enable data use. Activists and civil liberties groups are pushing for severance of the contract, highlighting governance and privacy risks in public sector IT procurements.