{"id":486162,"date":"2026-05-15T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/486162\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:50:19","slug":"germanys-spy-agency-picks-french-ai-firm-over-palantir-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/486162\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s spy agency picks French AI firm over Palantir \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBy choosing ArgonOS, the BfV is sending a clear signal for European digital sovereignty,\u201d Marc Henrichmann, chair of the parliamentary oversight committee for the German intelligence services, told POLITICO. \u201cWhether ArgonOS can keep up in the long run will have to be demonstrated by its operational use. Performance must remain the primary criterion, not just the origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes amid a broader German debate over Palantir\u2019s role in the country\u2019s security infrastructure. Some German police forces already use the company\u2019s software, and the German interior ministry is considering using it for federal forces. Critics have warned of risks to data protection, fundamental rights and dependence on a U.S. provider.<\/p>\n<p>Palantir CEO Alex Karp recently pushed back against German skepticism, arguing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-germany-military-software-contracts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an interview with BILD<\/a> \u2014 which, like POLITICO, is part of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network \u2014 that his company\u2019s software is already used on \u201cevery serious battlefield in the world.\u201d He said he understood countries\u2019 desire for independent systems, but questioned whether Germany could afford to reject Palantir\u2019s technology.<\/p>\n<p>ArgonOS cannot be fully rolled out until Germany passes a planned intelligence-law reform that would expand the BfV\u2019s digital powers, ease data sharing with police and revise rules on how long personal data can be kept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBy choosing ArgonOS, the BfV is sending a clear signal for European digital sovereignty,\u201d Marc Henrichmann, chair of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[291,289,290,2594,7241,18,2220,6621,19,212319,17,29306,983,827,864,82,384],"class_list":{"0":"post-486162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-data","12":"tag-data-protection","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-france","15":"tag-germany","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-intelligence-services","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-rights","20":"tag-security","21":"tag-services","22":"tag-software","23":"tag-technology","24":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116579154335362332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}