AnalysisBusinessOctober 12, 2026

Palantir CTO says AI researchers are taking up smoking

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Shyam Sankar told CBS's "Face the Nation" that researchers smoke to signal belief that AI will cure cancer. He offered no names or evidence, and used the anecdote to criticize Silicon Valley's "mass psychosis" around AI.

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