By Christina Molle with Agences
The French government wants to free itself from American influence. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday morning that French company ChapsVision has been chosen to replace US firm Palantir in handling large-scale data processing for the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI).
"We cannot accept new strategic dependencies in the digital sphere", the prime minister argued, expressing his desire to "build genuine autonomy" so as "not to depend on the goodwill of certain partners, who are capable of turning off the tap on access" to AI.
A break after ten years of partnership
The announcement comes as a surprise, as the DGSI renewed its contract with Palantir last December for a further three years. The precise terms of the transition and the timetable for rolling out the new solution have yet to be set out by the French authorities.
