From Already shed light on how Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) adopts technology in its processes Monitor communications. The initiative is said to have been focusing on a chatter that is considered hostile to Musk or President Donald Trump.
According to reports, some managers from the Environmental Protection Agency have been told that Doge is deploying AI to monitor communication applications and software, such as the widely used Microsoft team, for anti-Muske or anti-Trump sentiment. Doge is said to be considering individuals who work that does not match the government’s agenda. A manager reportedly told EPA employees to “be careful what you say, what you do, and what you do.”
EPA has not specified whether AI is being used to monitor signs of infidelity for employees, although it tells Reuters It is “considering better optimization of agency functions and administrative efficiency”. It added that it did not use AI “because it makes personnel decisions with Doge.” The EPA has furloughed nearly 600 workers and has committed to cutting its budget by 65%, due to Doge’s government-wide cost-cutting efforts.
Meanwhile, Doge employees are said to be using Communication with each other. Given the application’s ability to automatically delete messages after a period of time, this may be a violation of federal record rules. Not to mention security risks
It is said that some Doge workers also use Google Docs to collaborate on editing official documents, actually bypassing the usual review procedures and chain of custody. Additionally, staff are reportedly using Musk’s chatbot Grok AI, but it’s exactly what they do. it The White House hopes that federal agencies can make the most of “American AI”.
Doge is accused of operating under a confidential shroud. The government argues that since Doge operated under the leadership of the President’s Executive Office, there is no obligation to allow the public to request access to its records, which is the case if it is an official government agency. Still, a federal judge ordered Doge last month to start providing records of responsibility and ethics to citizens in Washington, which the company sued access to such documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Watchdog tells Reuters As of Monday, it has received no record of Doge.
