Gavin Kliger has been appointed as the Chief Data Officer of the Pentagon, overseeing the Department's AI projects. His role will involve daily alignment and execution of the Department's most ambitious AI initiatives.

The IRS has cut 40% of its IT staff and 80% of its tech leaders during a major reorganization. This restructuring is the most significant in two decades, as reported by the agency's CIO, Kaschit Pandya.

Federal grants were terminated by inexperienced individuals based on ChatGPT's assessment of their relation to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in under 120 characters. This practice has been criticized as "arbitrary and capricious" in a proposed amended complaint from the Authors Guild against the US government.

The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal, hosted at "freedom.gov," to allow access to content banned by governments in Europe and elsewhere, including hate speech and terrorist propaganda. Officials are considering incorporating a virtual private network function to enhance user privacy.

OpenAI, the US government, and Persona have developed an identity surveillance system that compiles reports on individuals for federal authorities. The system, known as openai-watchlistdb.withpersona.com, has access to data on 27 million individuals.