Musk expands the use of Grok in the Efficiency Department, raising privacy concerns.

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team is expanding the use of his AI chatbot Grok to analyze data in the U.S. federal government, potentially violating conflict of interest laws and putting the sensitive information of millions of Americans at risk, according to three people familiar with the matter. This use of Grok is likely to exacerbate concerns among privacy advocates and others that Musk’s government efficiency ministry appears to be abandoning long-standing protections for the handling of sensitive data as Trump reshuffles the U.S. bureaucracy. One of the three people familiar with DOGE’s activities said Musk’s team is using a customized version of the Grok chatbot. The move is apparently intended to allow DOGE to screen the data more effectively, the person said. “They ask questions, let it prepare reports, give data analysis.” The second and third people familiar with the matter said that although Grok has not yet been approved within the Department of Homeland Security, DOGE staff also told DHS officials to use it.