At a federal hearing on AI's use in the government, Bruce Schneier cautioned against the security risks associated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). While other speakers promoted AI's benefits, Schneier focused on the perils of recklessly handling data from government agencies and its integration into AI systems. He emphasized that DOGE has pursued cost savings through extensive layoffs, a move that some lawmakers, such as Representative Nancy Mace, defended as necessary for increased efficiency. However, Schneier's warnings about potential exploitation and data security concerns went largely unrecognized by the committee's summary of the event.
"The federal government has a responsibility to harness this technology to make government work faster and more efficiently for the American people," she said.
"The other speakers mostly talked about how cool AI was - and sometimes about how cool their own company was - but I was asked by the Democrats to specifically talk about DOGE and the risks of exfiltrating our data from government agencies and feeding it into AIs," Schneier explained in a blog post.
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