DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How
In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.
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A government efficiency department used artificial intelligence tools to help make policy decisions at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but the agency is refusing to release documents about how these AI tools were developed and used. The government cited reasons for withholding the documents that include a nonexistent AI privilege and presidential communications privilege, raising concerns from legal experts and oversight organizations about transparency in government decision-making. There are currently no laws requiring the U.S. government to disclose whether AI has been used in creating rules, policies, or regulations, and experts argue that public access to AI prompts and processes is essential to understanding how these tools might introduce errors, bias, or other problems into policy decisions.
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