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DOGE threat: How government data could give an AI company incredible power

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Department of Government Efficiency , or DOGE , has secured access to at least seven sensitive federal databases.

This access has sparked fears about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy violations.

But the potential use of the data to train a private company's artificial intelligence systems has received far less attention.

For AI developers, government databases represent something akin to finding the Holy Grail .

Allison Stanger : Every federal grant, infrastructure inspection and emergency response creates a data point that could help train AI to better understand how cities and regions function.

She says a private company with exclusive access would gain unique insight into the physical and economic arteries of U.S. society.

The threat is AI systems that leverage government data to influence society, including electoral outcomes, Stanger says.

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