Palantir CEO Alex Karp says artificial intelligence is giving the West a decisive edge in the Middle East war. Speaking at Palantir AIPCon 9 in Maryland, he says AI is boosting the warfighting capabilities of the United States and its allies. Palantir provides technology that integrates combat data for coordinated operations. Its Project Maven uses satellite imagery for battlefield analysis. Palantir has also reported rapid growth in its U.S. commercial business.

Prediction market platform Kalshi has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over a market tied to whether former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei would step down, Cointelegraph reported on March 7. Plaintiffs say a “death clause” was not properly disclosed to users and that, as a result, winning traders did not receive payouts. Kalshi voided trading after Khamenei’s death and did not resolve the market as “Yes.”