What price social workers’ time? Why a council’s decision to use Palantir AI in social work and children’s services is alarming beyond belief

Coventry council’s decision to use US spy-tech firm Palantir’s AI in social work, Send and children’s services, including to aid in case-note transcription and other time-intensive administrative tasks, is extremely alarming and provides yet more reasons why we need to slow down and think VERY CAREFULLY about what we are ushering into the social work profession, and the lives of people who have involvement with social services.