MPs Call Palantir's Access to Identifiable NHS Patient Data "Dangerous" — Top Trending on Reddit

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The Guardian reports that UK Members of Parliament have called Palantir's expanding access to identifiable NHS England patient data "dangerous" as the company moves toward effectively unlimited access to the national health system's records. The story reached 258 upvotes on r/artificial and 15 points on HN, ranking as the #2 trending topic in today's research scan. The concern centers on the scope of commercial data access, with MPs questioning whether appropriate safeguards exist for one of the world's largest patient datasets.