Leading Democrats in the U.S. Senate want to know if artificial intelligence programming is being used to replace employees at the Department of Education.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), have signed a letter asking Education Secretary Linda McMahon if that is happening, The Hill reported.

The letter noted a story from The New York Times that indicated call center employees could be targeted by the department for AI replacement. The senators wrote, “DOGE’s (Department of Government Efficiency) proposal threatens to misinform borrowers and families, lead to data privacy breaches, and pose conflicts of interest arising from Elon Musk’s financial stake in AI development.”

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