Coventry Council usa Palantir Ai in Social Work, Send e Children’s Services
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/30/coventry-city-council-signs-ai-deal-contract-palantir-technologies
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Coventry Council usa Palantir Ai in Social Work, Send e Children’s Services
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/30/coventry-city-council-signs-ai-deal-contract-palantir-technologies
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I’m sure in a few years time ‘lessons will be learnt’ when it turns out that AI-summarised case notes missed out key details which played a major role in the death of a child.
We’re constantly told about how our government *don’t have enough money*, but our political class are consistently happy to throw money at this AI slop. It’s especially galling given the far-right political of Palantir’s leadership.
Ah yes, who better to run our social services than the company named after the all-seeing orb used by the evil demi-god to conquer the Shire.
Always great to see public money going to the worst companies on the planet.
I’m not familiar with the company so can’t comment on that but generally AI in social work shouldn’t be looked down upon. The amount of admin that is required for social workers is ridiculous, anything to reduce the workload will be effective long-term.
I work for the NHS not LA where the admin is a lot less but still I spend a SIGNIFICANT amount of my time doing admin related tasks (and I have created templates for pretty much everything!)
I can do an assessment for a new patient which may take an 1-1.5 hour, the admin following easily take over an hour.
Even the most basic tasks. Every time I send or receive an email (relating to a patient), I have to save the email, upload the email and write a note about the email. I can’t always wait for them to reply to the email (as some people take days to reply) and if it hasn’t been documented then it hasn’t been done. Often, by the time I’ve done the tasks, they may have responded and then rinse and repeat.
Areas where this can be implemented (safely) should be. Social workers (especially children LA) have incredibly high burnout and turnover rates. The admin side of things very much contributes towards this.
With a little bit of google foo you will find that Persona is funded in part by Foundation First who also hold the big stocks in the Palantir (there is also Coates who mysteriously sold their Palantir stock in 2024). This is not easy information to find. Persona are the company that is doing the age verification for Redditt in the UK and will probably do it wherever it is rolled out.
Palantir are positioning themselves as a data aggregator. The whole doge crap in America was to get them access to data they would not otherwise have got.
Now they are coming for our data and they will keep coming. When reform get elected they will just hand it over.
Why do they want this data? That’s a good question but it won’t be for good. Remember to smile for that face recognition age check.
The very Palantir that is owned by a literal fascist who believes that the Orcs and Mordor was the victim in Lord of the Rings.
If anyone has ever wondered who benefits from the current situation in the US here’s a prime example. Palantir. The same people currently harvesting your faces with the “age” verification bullshit. Their fingers are in everything.