Doge using AI tool to slash federal regulations

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative is reportedly being used to slash hundreds of federal regulations.

According to the documents obtained by The Washington Post, the goal is to get rid of half of Washington’s regulatory mandates by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The “Doge AI Deregulation Decision Tool” will analyze roughly 200,000 federal regulations to decide which ones can be cut as they’re no longer required by law.

A PowerPoint presentation, obtained and made public by The Post, outlines DOGE’s plans and claims that 100,000 of those regulations can be eliminated. The process can be mostly automated, potentially saving the US trillions of dollars in compliance savings and unlocking new investment opportunities.

Citing case studies, the presentation details that the tool has been used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make “decisions on 1,083 regulatory sections” in two weeks and by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to write “100% of deregulations”.

During his 2024 campaign, Trump promised a large-scale demolition of government regulations, calling it the “most aggressive regulatory reduction” in the country's history.

DOGE was run by Musk until May, and the tool was developed by the engineers who joined the government as part of the project.

Earlier in April, it was revealed that Trump administration officials shared with some US government employees that DOGE uses AI to spy on at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda.

At the same time, many other workers were concerned that their conversations, mobile and internet activity, as well as private chats, were tracked, with AI possibly being used to identify “buzzwords” or disloyalty mentions.