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,

The Office of Personnel Management said it can process pensions entirely digitally, in two days, in a video promoted by Elon Musk's DOGE.

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,

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.

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.

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.

AI could determine the fate of federal workers under Musk’s job evaluation plan, raising concerns of bias in the technology.

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.

Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind.

The request for employees to outline their job accomplishments has been met with pushback from departments and agencies.