We’re in an AI arms race: Palantir CEO

About this video

• Video Title: We’re in an AI arms race: Palantir CEO
• Channel: Fox Business
• Speakers: Liz, Alex Karp, Kate Johnson
• Duration: 18:26

Overview

This video features an interview with Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, and Kate Johnson, CEO of Lumen, discussing their new partnership aimed at enhancing Lumen's digital networking infrastructure with Palantir's AI capabilities. The conversation also touches upon the broader implications of AI development, national security, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and geopolitical stances.

Key takeaways

• Palantir and Lumen Partnership: Palantir and Lumen have formed a multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership to deploy Palantir's AI to accelerate and improve Lumen's digital networking infrastructure.
• Real-time Intelligence: The partnership aims to enable businesses to achieve real-time intelligence by efficiently moving massive amounts of data quickly and securely, then making sense of it with AI.
• AI Arms Race: Alex Karp views the rapid development of AI as an "arms race," emphasizing the critical importance of robust infrastructure to support AI models and the potential consequences of falling behind technologically.
• National Security and Government Contracts: Both Palantir and Lumen provide critical infrastructure and services to government entities, including homeland security and defense, highlighting the importance of speed and security in these sectors.
• Geopolitical Stances: Alex Karp expresses strong support for the US, its allies, and Israel, while maintaining a policy of not doing business with the Chinese government. He also discusses the conflict in Ukraine and the importance of supporting Ukraine's defense.
• AI Infrastructure Needs: The interview highlights the current limitations of older telco infrastructures in supporting the demands of AI and the necessity of building a more advanced "AI super highway."
• Cost and Value in AI: A key challenge in AI is ensuring the value derived from AI use cases equates to the cost of running them. The partnership aims to address this by optimizing costs and increasing efficiency.
• Support for American Workers: Beyond high-end AI use cases, the partnership also supports American jobs and workers involved in building and maintaining this infrastructure.