{"id":40144,"date":"2026-04-03T17:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40144"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:21:40","slug":"palantir-cto-warns-us-has-eight-days-of-weapons-in-potential-china-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40144","title":{"rendered":"Palantir CTO Warns US Has \u2018Eight Days of Weapons\u2019 in Potential China Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Welcome to Fox News\u2019 Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"speakable\">IN TODAY\u2019S NEWSLETTER:<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8211; Palantir CTO warns US has only &#8216;eight days of weapons&#8217; in hypothetical battle against China<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; AI robot now helps travelers at San Jos\u00e9 airport<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; New AI coalition targets Washington, Big Tech as group warns child safety risks outpacing safeguards<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/931\/523\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1862\/1046\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/720\/405\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1440\/810\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/shyam-sankar-china-palantir.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Shyam Shankar China U.S. Palantir\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar discussed the looming threat of China and his new book, &#8220;Mobilize,&#8221; with Fox News Digital.<\/span> <span>(Fox News Digital\/Nikolas Kokovlis\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>ARSENAL ALERT:<\/strong> The U.S. is wrong about military deterrence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/palantir-cto-warns-us-has-only-eight-days-weapons-hypothetical-battle-against-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palantir CTO<\/a> Shyam Sankar. America relies on the threat of its large weapons stockpiles to discourage aggression, but Sankar says the real deterrent is production capacity \u2014 &#8220;the ability to generate the stockpile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WIRED WELCOME:<\/strong> At San Jos\u00e9 Mineta International Airport in California, travelers can now get help from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/ai-robot-now-helps-travelers-san-jose-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">humanoid robot<\/a> named Jos\u00e9. It greets passengers, answers questions and helps people find their way around the terminal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIGITAL DILEMMA:<\/strong> As artificial intelligence expands into classrooms, workplaces, and homes, a new coalition warns that risks to children and workers are growing faster than efforts to control the new technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/343\/192\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/686\/384\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/672\/378\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1344\/756\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/931\/523\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1862\/1046\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/720\/405\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1440\/810\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1200\/675\/GettyImages-1967804506.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg at Big Tech hearing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, arrives to testify before the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, &#8220;Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,&#8221; in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The newly formed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ai-risks-kids-workers-rising-faster-than-regulation-new-group-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance for a Better Future<\/a> (ABF) is pushing for AI safeguards as Washington debates regulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIGITAL WARFARE:<\/strong> For years, Silicon Valley operated as if war was someone else\u2019s problem. Operation Epic Fury proved otherwise. The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, launched Feb. 28, pulled American technology companies to the center of active <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/ai-war-iran-has-brought-conflict-silicon-valley-no-one-ready\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warfare<\/a> \u2014 not as distant suppliers, but as participants and now deliberate targets. In my forthcoming book, &#8220;The New AI Cold War,&#8221; I warned this moment was coming. Iran made it real.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/343\/192\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/686\/384\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/672\/378\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1344\/756\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/931\/523\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1862\/1046\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/720\/405\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1440\/810\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1200\/675\/957194f3-us-navy-iran-action-operation-epic-fury.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Two F\/A-18 Super Hornets take off\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Two F\/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 3, 2026.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(U.S. Navy\/Handout via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>FOLLOW FOX NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FoxNews\">Facebook<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/foxnews\/\">Instagram<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/FoxNews\/featured\">YouTube<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\">Twitter<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fox-news-channel\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\">Fox News First<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\">Fox News Opinion<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\">Fox News Lifestyle<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\">Fox News Health<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>DOWNLOAD OUR APPS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\">Fox News<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\">Fox Business<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/app\">Fox Weather<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mobile\">Fox Sports<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\">Tubi<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WATCH FOX NEWS ONLINE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/go\">Fox News Go<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>STREAM FOX NATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nation.foxnews.com\/\">Fox Nation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future with Fox News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/artificial-intelligence\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>This article was written by Fox News staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/fox-news-ai-newsletter-palantir-cto-warns-us-has-only-eight-days-weapons-hypothetical-battle-against\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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