Elon Musk’s team at DOGE feeding highly sensitive data to Microsoft Azure's AI bots
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk’s team at DOGE feeding highly sensitive data to Microsoft Azure's AI bots

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Federal agencies typically have strict rules against using AI for handling sensitive data. However, Elon Musk’s DOGE is using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to analyse sensitive data that includes personal information and internal financial records The reported data exposure is not limited to financial records; sensitive student loan information, affecting millions, has also been accessed. Image Credit: Reuters Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is facing intense scrutiny over reports that highly sensitive data from the US Department of Education is being fed through AI systems. According to a Washington Post investigation, DOGE is using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to analyse data that includes personal information and internal financial records. AI vs. security protocols Federal agencies typically have strict rules against using AI for handling sensitive data, but DOGE appears to be bypassing these regulations.

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Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE's Use of AI
55 years, 2 months ago

Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE's Use of AI

Wired  

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee fired off two dozen requests Wednesday morning pressing federal agency leaders for information about plans to install AI software throughout federal agencies amid the ongoing cuts to the government's workforce. “The American people entrust the federal government with sensitive personal information related to their health, finances, and other biographical information on the basis that …

Why those reports of DOGE using AI have experts worried about ‘massive risk’
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Why those reports of DOGE using AI have experts worried about ‘massive risk’

CNN  

New York CNN — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team is reportedly using artificial intelligence to guide its cost-cutting decisions, a tactic AI experts say could cause security breaches, biased firing choices and cuts of highly qualified, essential government staffers. One of the unnamed sources said the tool could help “analyze huge swaths of contract and procurement data.” After …

DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat, Democrats say
3 weeks, 5 days ago

DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat, Democrats say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers demanded answers from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Thursday as concerns about who has access to America’s most sensitive information continue to dog Trump administration efforts to reshape the federal government. The systems accessed by Musk’s DOGE staffers include billions of data points about citizens and businesses, as well as potentially sensitive information …

DOGE Access To 'Sensitive Databases' Sparks Alarm
3 weeks, 5 days ago

DOGE Access To 'Sensitive Databases' Sparks Alarm

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers pressed the Education Department on Wednesday to clarify how much access Elon Musk’s team had been granted to student loan borrowers’ sensitive data and what they planned to do with it. “The Department refused to confirm or deny whether DOGE had been granted access to the National Student Loan Data System …

Judge Blocks Federal Agencies From Sharing Data With DOGE
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1 month ago

Judge Blocks Federal Agencies From Sharing Data With DOGE

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday blocking certain agencies from sharing sensitive records with President Donald Trump’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE. “The lawsuit is one of a slew of complaints brought by labor unions and public interest groups aimed at slowing down DOGE’s infiltration of the federal bureaucracy.” The unions …

Is Musk using Doge data to train Grok 3? White House denies as Democrats flag concerns
1 month ago

Is Musk using Doge data to train Grok 3? White House denies as Democrats flag concerns

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Amid concerns that Elon Musk may train his artificial intelligence service Grok from Doge’s data, the White House has rejected the allegation As Elon Musk has emerged as the most powerful person in the United States after President Donald Trump, there are concerns whether he is keeping his work and business interests separate. In the latest such episode, concerns have …

Is Musk using Doge data to train Grok 3? White House denies as Democrats flag concerns
1 month ago

Is Musk using Doge data to train Grok 3? White House denies as Democrats flag concerns

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Amid concerns that Elon Musk may train his artificial intelligence service Grok from Doge’s data, the White House has rejected the allegation Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington. In the latest such episode, concerns have risen that Musk may train, or has already been training, his Grok artificial intelligence service from all the data …

Democrats raise privacy concerns, say ‘unelected oligarch accessing info’ after Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks US taxpayer data
1 month, 1 week ago

Democrats raise privacy concerns, say ‘unelected oligarch accessing info’ after Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks US taxpayer data

Live Mint  

Billionaire Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has been criticised for trying to gain access to a “broad range of taxpayer data,” according to a Bloomberg report citing sources. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Bloomberg that Elon Musk's team is “seeking the data but has not yet accessed it.” Democrats Raise Concerns: ‘An Unelected Oligarch With …

Judge sides with UC students, blocks DOGE from Education Department loan data
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Judge sides with UC students, blocks DOGE from Education Department loan data

LA Times  

Lawyers representing the Trump administration agreed Tuesday to temporarily stop the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency from accessing student loan and financial aid information after a University of California group filed a federal lawsuit seeking a halt to the actions. DOGE is still working within the Education Department but will be restricted for less than a week from more …

DHS secretary says Musk-led DOGE team has access to data
1 month, 2 weeks ago

DHS secretary says Musk-led DOGE team has access to data

CNN  

CNN — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday acknowledged that Elon Musk’s government efficiency team, which has been tasked with slashing federal spending, has access to her agency’s data, including that of federal disaster aid recipients’ personal information, as part of an “audit” she welcomes. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Noem said that President Donald Trump had …

ACLU Warns DOGE's 'Unchecked' Access Could Violate Federal Law
55 years, 2 months ago

ACLU Warns DOGE's 'Unchecked' Access Could Violate Federal Law

Wired  

The American Civil Liberties Union told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have seized control over a number of federal computer systems that house data tightly restricted under federal statutes. Citing WIRED reporting from Tuesday, the attorneys note that, in addition to choking off funding to specific agencies or individuals, this grants DOGE …

Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats are pushing back against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education Department, with lawmakers raising concerns about DOGE’s access to internal systems containing personal information on tens of millions of Americans. Musk’s DOGE team already has gained access to a database housing personal information on millions of students and parents …

Democrats decry "authoritarian regime" after security bars them from entering Education Department
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Democrats decry "authoritarian regime" after security bars them from entering Education Department

Salon  

Congressional Democrats were barred from entering the Department of Education's headquarters on Friday morning as they tried investigate billionaire Elon Musk’s “DOGE” takeover of sensitive data within. On Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers penned a letter to acting Secretary of Education Denise Carter demanding answers on Musk’s reported takeover and the Trump administration’s apparent intent to shutter the cabinet-level department without congressional …

Elon Musk team is feeding Department of Education names into AI to find cuts: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk team is feeding Department of Education names into AI to find cuts: report

Raw Story  

As part of President Donald Trump's effort to purge the federal government, Elon Musk has begun looking at the Department of Education to cut. According to the Washington Post, the names, information as well as "sensitive internal financial data" was included in what was collected by Musk and his team and put into the AI. "The use of AI inside …

"DOGE has no authority": Attorneys general plan to sue to block Musk's data access
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"DOGE has no authority": Attorneys general plan to sue to block Musk's data access

Salon  

Attorneys general representing over a dozen states announced their intention to sue the Trump administration on Thursday, claiming Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency had no right to access the federal government’s most sensitive records. “In defense of our Constitution, our right to privacy, and the essential funding that individuals and communities nationwide are counting on, we will be filing …

Donald Trump Causes Chaos In First Weeks As President: Live Updates
2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Causes Chaos In First Weeks As President: Live Updates

Huff Post  

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee raised concerns Wednesday directly with Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, about the serious risks to national security that Elon Musk’s DOGE is creating by allowing unvetted staff to access highly sensitive information. “We write to express our grave concern with the illegal actions currently being undertaken by the Department of Government Efficiency, which …

Massachusetts official warns AI systems subject to consumer protection, anti-bias laws
11 months, 1 week ago

Massachusetts official warns AI systems subject to consumer protection, anti-bias laws

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Developers, suppliers, and users of artificial intelligence must comply with existing state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data privacy laws, the Massachusetts attorney general cautioned Tuesday. The advisory is meant in part to emphasize that existing state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data security laws still apply to emerging technologies, including AI systems — despite the complexity of those systems …

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