How do you solve the polarising opinions of Palantir and the UK NHS contract? It’s one of the headline topics Tarek and Dom tackle with Connor Deeks and Dorian Smiley on the Code & Conor Codestrap podcast.
In the episode, they pull apart what’s actually at stake in the NHS debate, from trust and transparency, to the practical realities of data access, governance, and delivery. It’s a useful listen if you’re trying to separate “Palantir as a symbol” from the day-to-day work of building systems that can operate safely at scale.
Alongside the challenges of sovereign technology, the conversation covers a grab-bag of the week’s AI headlines, including:
Anthropic “going nude” and what it says about security, incentives, and how quickly toolchains are evolving
Claude Code source being exposed by accident (and why operational guardrails matter as much as model capability)
“Guardian” apps that aim to stop AI agents from going rogue, and what’s realistic vs theatre in agent safety
