How DOGE used AI to reshape the government in just 100 days

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has rapidly cut over 200,000 federal jobs in President Trump's first 100 days, using AI tools to target programs for elimination across multiple agencies. Institute Associate Professor Julia Stoyanovich, director of the NYU Center for Responsible AI, warns: "Their goal is not to do things better... rather, their goal is just to reduce the size of government... in a way that is just disorienting to everybody in society." Critics raise serious concerns about data security, potential civil rights violations, and the weakening of democratic governance as AI replaces human judgment in federal operations.