Elon Musk's DOGE Reportedly Installed AI To Root Out 'Disloyal' Government Employees
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Two people familiar with the use of technology by Elon Musk’s DOGE team told Reuters that the team has setup artificial intelligence to spy on employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The objective, according to the two media sources, is to look for “language in communications considered hostile” to Musk or President Donald Trump.
“Trump-appointed officials who had taken up EPA posts told managers that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication apps and software, including Microsoft Teams, which is widely used for virtual calls and chats,” the sources additionally claimed.
“We have been told they are looking for anti-Trump or anti-Musk language,” a third source familiar with the EPA said to Reuters.
Most likely the EPA is not the only agency where Musk has rolled out AI-powered surveillance, but at the moment, its use at other agencies has not been confirmed.
If the DOGE team overseen by the world’s richest man truly has installed AI to root out employees who are perceived to be disloyal, that is remarkable. AI could easily be utilized to identify media sources. Yet such monitoring is not without precedent.
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