Get the latest tech news
Is Elon Musk Really Stepping Back from DOGE?
Elon Musk is apparently turning his attention away from Washington and back to Tesla. On this episode of ‘Uncanny Valley,’ the hosts unpack what Musk’s pivot means for the future of DOGE.
Elon Musk says he’s stepping back from his role with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to turn his attention to his businesses—most urgently to Tesla, which has faced global sales slumps in recent months. Katie Drummond: One of the pieces of this that I think is so consequential, I remember maybe a year and a half ago, talking to a bunch of civil servants, people in decision-making roles across federal agencies, and they were all asking a lot of questions about AI. So, if they are able to build this master database that creates some sort of profile of every US citizen, or every US non-citizen, and is pulling in from all these different data sources, both within government agencies, but public documents, and across the web and across social media, and anything you've ever tweeted, and anything you've ever said, and anything you've ever done, and if you've ever gotten a parking ticket or a DUI, or you've committed a crime, or anything like that, to just hoover that all into one centralized location and be able to pull that up in a citizen of the drop of a hat, that, to me, feels more consequential and potentially more dangerous than going to the Social Security website and having an annoying bot trying to answer your questions for you.
Or read this on Wired
