A Bloomberg report by Ben Bartenstein and Krishna Karra found that Centcom personnel over-relied on Palantir Technologies Inc.'s Maven Smart System before the US bombing of an Iranian girls' school. Some Pentagon officials expected Maven to flag stale intelligence or inconsistencies in targeting data, which it did not. The Defense Department has made Maven a cornerstone of military operations over the past year, and several former senior military officials now work for Palantir.
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