Alex Karp Blasts Big A.I. Labs, Pushes Open-Source 'Sovereignty' With Nvidia Deal
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 8
Alex Karp Blasts Big A.I. Labs, Pushes Open-Source 'Sovereignty' With Nvidia Deal
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 8
Summary
CNBC remarks by Palantir CEO Alex Karp marked his sharpest public attack yet on the AI industry, calling the current closed-model structure a "dead end" and saying "something has gone completely wrong."
Karp argued labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic hoard value and exploit customers' data, research and intellectual property instead of giving companies, militaries and agencies more control over their own systems.
A day earlier, Palantir published a manifesto for "A.I. sovereignty," urging organizations to build their own tools—potentially on open-source or open-weight models—rather than rely on frontier labs' proprietary offerings.
The push also serves Palantir's commercial aims: Karp was promoting a new Nvidia partnership to sell competing AI products, even as France's intelligence service cuts ties with Palantir and its NHS work in Britain faces uncertainty.