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Palantir's rise: CIA supplier turned tech powerhouse

November 20, 2025

A company built for spies is now an AI giant influencing war and immigration. How did Palantir get here, and why should we care? Plus: Elon Musk's plan for Grokipedia, and the Amazon outage that broke the internet.

https://p.dw.com/p/53xmB
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Shift — Living in the Digital Age

Can I use blockchain technology? Will artificial intelligence take over my career? What exactly is "Machine Learning"? These are some of the questions „SHIFT – Living in the Digital Age“ tries to answer.

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