FILE PHOTO: People gather to protest outside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) headquarters after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington, U.S. February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
(Reuters) -Members of Congress have called on the Trump administration to cease applying any unauthorized artificial intelligence system toward its effort to slash government spending, according to a letter they sent on Wednesday.
Nearly 50 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives signed onto the message, seen by Reuters, expressing concern about AI's use by the Department of Government Efficiency. Republican President Donald Trump set up DOGE and tasked billionaire Elon Musk to cut what they say is waste, fraud and abuse in the federal bureaucracy.
