Forty-eight Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget addressing concerns over unauthorized artificial intelligence systems utilized by government agencies. Leaders called for the end of such practices, particularly regarding the handling of sensitive data by the Department of Government Efficiency. They expressed concerns about data privacy risks, emphasizing that the use of unapproved AI systems, particularly for high-stakes decision-making, raises significant cybersecurity issues due to potential biases and errors inherent in generative AI technologies.
Without proper protections, feeding sensitive data into an AI system puts it into the possession of a system's operator - a massive breach of public and employee trust.
Generative AI models also frequently make errors and show significant biases - the technology simply is not ready for use in high-risk decision-making without proper vetting, transparency, oversight, and guardrails in place.
Lawmakers warned that leveraging novel AI technologies in sensitive data environments poses serious data privacy risks.
The letter questioned what types of AI softwares have been deployed by the Trump administration and if they are already listed as federally-approved services.
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