Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they’d accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary or not,
A threatening email sent by Elon Musk to millions of federal employees on Saturday backfired after opponents of the billionaire began spamming his inbox. In the email, Musk ordered government workers to respond with their weekly accomplishments by the end of Monday or face potential termination.
Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind.
The Social Security Administration told employees on Sunday that an OPM email on worker productivity is a chance to highlight "important work."