Leaked chats obtained by WIRED detail plans for the General Services Administration—and the staff’s angry response.| WIRED
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.| WIRED
The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.| WIRED
DOGE is feeding workers' emails into an AI to decide if they should keep their jobs. It's a cruel joke in the service of something much worse.| www.bloodinthemachine.com
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.| ProPublica
The ex-Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd has quietly become the CIO of the labor department as mass layoffs and federal workforce automation continue.| www.bloodinthemachine.com
There are already many instances of AI-driven governance gone wrong, writes Ben Green. DOGE may offer a new case study.| Tech Policy Press
DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.| Tech Policy Press
How and why Elon Musk is trying to automate the federal government| www.bloodinthemachine.com
Staffers at the government arm responsible for maintaining core tech systems were concerned that such broad access for the former Tesla engineer now in charge would violate security measures.| Forbes
At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.| WIRED