Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
Incident 11032 Report
Purported DOGE Contract Review Tool Cited in Reports of AI-Driven Misjudgments in VA Budget Cuts
2025-03-18
A purported AI tool using LLMs was deployed to classify Veterans Affairs contracts as expendable based on limited text and simplified criteria. The system allegedly produced hallucinated values and flagged critical healthcare and research services for cancellation. Reportedly, at least two dozen flagged contracts were later terminated.
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Incident 14024 Report
DOGE Reportedly Relied on Unvetted ChatGPT Outputs in Canceling National Endowment for the Humanities Grants
2025-04-02
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff reportedly fed National Endowment for the Humanities grant descriptions into ChatGPT to determine whether projects were "DEI," then allegedly used those outputs to help compile a list of grants to terminate. Beginning in April 2025, NEH canceled awards and clawed back funding, reportedly disrupting humanities organizations and projects nationwide after officials allegedly relied on a purportedly flawed, insufficiently vetted AI screening process.
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