Palantir Built the Data Layer That Right to Erasure Can't Touch

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Palantir's Ontology is a data layer that connects disparate databases to form a unified view of a person, operating before AI predictions are made.
The Ontology complicates data deletion and auditing under frameworks like GDPR because it's a graph, not a traditional database.
Two mayors, Mamdani and Sadiq Khan, proactively set data governance terms before crises, contrasting the reactive norm.
Local governments are making significant AI and data decisions, often overlooked in national debates.
Recent projects demonstrate AI can run on affordable, local hardware, challenging the necessity of cloud-based AI services.
The India AI Summit focused on AI's impact and delivery, sidestepping discussions on accountability for deployment failures.
India announced significant AI investments and infrastructure but didn't address past issues like Aadhaar authentication failures.
The effectiveness of proactive data governance by local leaders raises questions about replicability and reversibility.

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