The Met Police held talks with Palantir last month to potentially buy the company's AI technology for automating intelligence analysis in criminal investigations, according to a Guardian exclusive. The move mirrors expanding Palantir contracts across the NHS (£330m), Ministry of Defence (£240m), and smaller police forces — but has triggered internal Met concerns and parliamentary demands to scrap the NHS deal due to Palantir's ties to Trump's ICE and the Israeli military. The author argues this risks deepening public distrust of London police and cementing algorithmic bias, though that's predictive analysis rather than current fact — the core reporting here is solid.