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Re:Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract by monocasa on Saturday March 10, 2018 @04:24PM (#16560227)
Was Google actually helping any more than just putting tensorflow on GitHub?
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Re:Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract by RickS on Saturday March 10, 2018 @04:27PM (#16560244)
If the Intercept is to be believed, yes:

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/06/google-is-quietly-provid...

With that said, while I'm generally a fan of their work, they've reported on some things I have non-public knowledge of in a way that I would classify as disingenuous with the intent to enhance the appearance of wrongdoing.

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Re:Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract by icebraining on Saturday March 10, 2018 @04:34PM (#16560272)
If the Intercept is to be believed

Well, they cite a quote given to Bloomberg by a Google spokesperson.

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Re:Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract by throwaway84742 on Saturday March 10, 2018 @04:28PM (#16560248)
Yes. Otherwise there wouldn’t be an internal shitstorm.
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