Trump Administration Federal Grant Oversight Now Uses AI to Track Every Dollar in Real Time, Sparking Privacy Fears and Efficiency Debate
The Office of Management and Budget announced today a sweeping overhaul of federal grant monitoring, deploying machine learning algorithms to scan trillions in spending from infrastructure to healthcare. Proponents hail it as the end of waste, but civil liberties groups warn the new ‘GrantWatch’ system could become a surveillance tool for political vendettas.