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The GSA's new office relocation has led to poor conditions including mice, ceiling damage, and cloudy water, amid ongoing changes from Elon Musk's DOGE initiative affecting federal workers.
WIRED reports that the National Design Studio, led by Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia, has become a landing pad for former DOGE operatives like Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine, and is recruiting engineers through opaque, unconventional hiring practices that bypass standard federal processes.
Former DOGE affiliates Jonathan Mendelson and Elie Mishory have taken senior roles at prediction market companies Polymarket and Novig, respectively, highlighting the intersection of government efficiency initiatives and the prediction market industry.
The FCC is accused of hiding Chairman Brendan Carr's messages with DOGE and Elon Musk, including Signal communications, in a FOIA lawsuit.
Wired's Uncanny Valley podcast covers the AI IPO race including Anthropic stock being used in SF real estate deals, Trump's underwhelming AI executive order, Instagram's AI chatbot being exploited to hack high-profile accounts, and a DOGE whistleblower suing Elon Musk for defamation.
Dan Berulis, an IT staffer at the NLRB, filed a whistleblower complaint alleging DOGE compromised agency data. After going public and being called a liar by Elon Musk, his brake lines were cut in an apparent act of retaliation.
Elon Musk posted on X that the Department of Government Efficiency had only managed to stop some of the fraud.