Expert: Access to personal data

Elon Musk鈥檚 team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sought access to data from various U.S. government departments and agencies. This has caused concerns that DOGE will gain access to potentially sensitive data on millions of Americans.

This 黑料不打烊 expert can share her insights into the situation:

Renee Sieber, Associate Professor, Department of Geography has expertise in the use of information technology. She attended the AI Action Summit in Paris earlier in February and has just been named one of the .

Sieber can speak to AI-related topics and to the various concerns raised by the access that Musk and DOGE are seeking to U.S. data, including:

• The global discourse around AI;
• The lack of public consultation about access to data;
• The implications for Canada, given that our national security is so tied up with that of the United States in terms of the use of AI (e.g., facial recognition technology, and the use of AI by the Five Eyes);
• How if Grok, the AI assistant that Musk鈥檚 company has created, were to gain access to this data, that could be a source of commercial advantage.

renee.sieber [at] mcgill.ca (English)