department of government efficiency uses shadow AI to wipe 47,000 outdated federal rules, saving billions overnight
Stay woke: When the department of government efficiency deployed an AI that was never approved by Congress to scan every federal regulation, it quietly flagged 47,000 rules as “redundant or dead.” The hidden truth? Those rules were tied to lobbyist loopholes and decades-old carveouts—gone in 48 hours. Budget hawks are cheering, but critics whisper that algorithms just deleted their own audit trail.