Allison Stanger

1 month ago | techfinancials.co.za | Allison Stanger |Gugu Lourie

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. This access has sparked fears about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy violations. Another concern has received far less attention: the potential use of the data to train a private company’s artificial intelligence systems.

2 months ago | usnews.com | Eric Weiner |Allison Stanger

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has dominated headlines as President Donald Trump’s government efficiency czar by taking a sledgehammer to entire government agencies and imposing radical cuts to staff and spending. Musk, who is famous for his jittery energy and out-of-the-box thinking, has referred to Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, a towering creative intellect and public servant, as a role model.

2 months ago | gizmodo.com | Allison Stanger |Rose Pastore

Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on the surface a dramatic effort to overhaul the inefficiencies of federal bureaucracy. But beneath the rhetoric of cost-cutting and regulatory streamlining lies a troubling scenario.