A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government

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May 2, 2025, 4:19 PM

• •Anthony Jancso, a former Palantir employee and early recruiter for Elon Musk's 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE), is hiring technologists.
• •The project aims to use AI to perform tasks currently handled by tens of thousands of federal workers, potentially automating their jobs.
• •The initiative, met with negative reactions, seeks to deploy AI agents across federal agencies, raising concerns about job displacement and the reliability of AI in government.
• •Jancso's company, AccelerateX, has partnered with Palantir and received funding from OpenAI, with the project's focus evolving from solving social problems to streamlining government efficiency.

Anthony Jancso, a former Palantir employee and early recruiter for Elon Musk's 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE), is hiring technologists to work on a project using AI to automate tasks currently done by tens of thousands of federal workers. The project, which has garnered negative reactions, aims to deploy AI agents across various agencies, raising concerns about job displacement and AI reliability. Jancso's company, AccelerateX, has partnered with Palantir and received funding from OpenAI, with the project's focus shifting from solving social problems to streamlining government efficiency.

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