00:00both city hall and palantir have now withdrawn their allegations against each other the mayor's office for policing and crime
00:08confirmed in a statement on wednesday
00:11palantir was suing the mayor's office over its decision to block the metropolitan police from agreeing to a two-year
00:18deal with the firm to provide artificial intelligence technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal investigations
00:27the mayor of london sadiq khan said london is the technology capital of europe and he is proud that leading
00:35software firms choose the city as their home
00:37he added palantir makes a significant contribution to jobs and investment in the capital employing a large number of londoners
00:45whose services have been procured legally by organizations across the uk and beyond his text messages and emails would have
00:54been searched as part of the legal battle
00:56over the blocking of the 50 million pound deal his comments come after he and his office initially blocked the
01:04deal which ultimately led to the legal action
01:07with the mayor originally claiming he expected londoners would want public funding issued to companies that share the city's values
01:17blocking the contract earlier this year the mayor's office said palantir was the only supplier the met had seriously considered
01:26for the proposed contract
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