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Tech Tuesday: Database between federal gov't, software company to gather US citizens' info

Alex Karp, CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies, arrives as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., convenes a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.
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Alex Karp, CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies, arrives as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., convenes a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

Is Big Brother watching you? A new partnership between the federal government and the software company Palantir has been announced to compile a database with the information of all Americans.

The database will collect all information currently in government hands into one place, raising security and privacy concerns for millions of Americans.

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