DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had some harsh words for the way DOGE was operating, calling the email sent to federal workers “intimidation,” and saying that she’s hearing from federal workers who are being “treated with a level of disregard to their service and to their tenure.”
DOGE’s AI system could decide the fate of US federal workers
On Saturday, 22nd February, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) headed by Musk, sent emails to federal employees asking them to report their accomplishments from last week. According to more recent reports,
Second "what did you do last week" email expected to go to some federal workers
A second email asking government workers to detail what they did in the last week is expected to go out to some on Saturday.
Musk May Let AI Decide Federal Workers' Fate
Federal workers who followed Elon Musk’s directive to justify their jobs in an email now have a new concern: AI could be deciding their fate. The information from employees who responded to an email that asked them to list their accomplishments at work last week will first go through an advanced AI system that will determine whether their positions are necessary,
DOGE could use AI to assess federal employees’s responses to Musk’s productivity demand email: report
Staffers at DOGE allegedly plan to feed email responses through a Large Language Model AI system to determine if federal workers’ jobs are necessary, a source told the news outlet. The advanced AI system can process large amounts of text and generate a summary.
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DOGE's Elon Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign; some agencies push back
Some federal agencies, including the State and Defense Departments, told their employees not to respond to an email asking for a list of tasks they completed.
Musk Says Federal Workers Who Didn’t Respond to Email About Job Will Be Given ‘Another Chance’ Before Being Fired
The request for employees to outline their job accomplishments has been met with pushback from departments and agencies.
House Dems urge agencies to ignore Musk’s email demanding weekly employee work reports
The letter, signed by more than 100 House Democrats, called into question Elon Musk's authority to issue such a mandate to federal agencies.
Federal Employees May Get More Demands to Justify Their Work at Elon Musk's Direction
The turmoil that enveloped the federal workforce over the last few days is unlikely to cease anytime soon as the U.S. government's human resources agency considers how to fulfill Elon Musk ’s demands.
Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply
The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn’t be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week.
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