Vittoria Elliott

According to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, an undergraduate working with DOGE requested that his work for HUD count towards his University of Chicago degree.

Details from recent court filings show that DOGE's influence within government—and potential conflicts of interest—extend further than previously known.

A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting undocumented immigrants. To protect against “distortions,” it would also bar questions about race and sexual orientation.

WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward “Big Balls” Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.

Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.

In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.

A government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that would show if they had.

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.

“I deleted it as a test and it came immediately back,” says one government employee.

The federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no replacement.