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The Pentagon's AI targeting system Maven went from a $480M prototype to a $13B contract ceiling. Palantir built it, 20,000 analysts use it daily, and the same playbook is now moving to the border and the police

The Pentagon paid $480 million for a prototype. The contract ceiling is now $13 billion. This isn't a tank or a missile. It's software that helps decide what counts as a target. And here's the uncomfortable part: it can't realistically be switched off anymore. I went through a report on US and EU A…

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  1. 2026-10-05 23:00 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    The Pentagon's AI targeting system Maven went from a $480M prototype to a $13B contract ceiling. Palantir built it, 20,000 analysts use it daily, and the same playbook is now moving to the border and the police

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