Trump administration's whole-government AI plans leaked on GitHub
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The US General Services Administration (GSA - the federal government's purchasing arm) and its Technology Transformation Services (TTS) group are working on an "ai.gov" website, according to a GitHub repository that vanished from the web shortly after we sent an email asking questions about it. (An archived backup is [1]here .) The repository was previously [2]reported by 404 Media.
From what we were able to gather before the feds presumably locked it down, AI.gov will serve as a hub for government agencies to begin adding AI to their operations, as was envisioned by TTS chief and Elon Musk ally [3]Thomas Shedd when he took control of the team in late January.
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Shedd, whose professional career was largely spent as a software integration engineering manager at Tesla before being tapped to head the TTS, came to the government with AI top of mind. He [5]reportedly wants GSA to operate like a software startup, and proposed a whole-of-government, AI-first strategy to automate much of the work done by federal employees today.
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Based on a staging link of the AI.gov site hosted on GitHub that has also been taken down (we have an [8]archive copy for you, thankfully), Shedd's mission will kick off in earnest on July 4 - the apparent launch date for the site, according to an issues thread from the now-hidden GitHub page.
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AI.gov's planned launch date is July 4, according to its developers - Click to enlarge
Per the bare-bones staging implementation of ai.gov, the project has three components: A chatbot that'll do … something; an "all-in-one API" that will allow agencies to connect their systems to models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic; and something called "CONSOLE," which the page describes as a "groundbreaking tool to analyze agency-wide implementation."
From what we could gather based on the staging site, which didn't include working copies of sub-pages, CONSOLE will allow agencies to monitor AI usage at their agencies in real time to see how employees are using tools and which ones they prefer.
The staging site indicates that GSA is working with FedRAMP-certified vendors. According to API documentation from the GitHub page, AI.gov will serve AI models via [10]Amazon Bedrock , most of which listed in the API documentation are [11]known to be FedRAMP certified for government usage. But we did note the presence of a model from enterprise AI firm Cohere in the API documentation, and it doesn't appear that Cohere has been FedRAMP certified.
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A list of some of the AI models AI.gov will push, according to API documentation - Click to enlarge
GitHub documentation also indicates the site will publish model rankings, though we weren't able to ascertain what the criteria would be.
[13]Judge cites big OPM records leaks from 2015 in DOGE slapdown
[14]AI firms and civil society groups plead for passage of federal AI law ASAP
[15]As AI gallops through the federal workforce, lawmakers once again call for expanded training
[16]Palantir's Trump bonanza continues with Fannie Mae contract to fight fraud
The federal government has made a lot of noise about using AI lately, with the [17]Trump administration and DOGE pushing for its adoption and trying to [18]eliminate state-level regulations , while government agencies increasingly adopt it to [19]replace employees eliminated in widespread layoffs and rely on it for [20]critical decision making .
Experts have [21]expressed concern , stressing that widespread adoption could create considerable security risks as AI systems gobble up [22]confidential data and personally identifiable information about citizens.
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We contacted staffers involved in the AI.gov implementation, and Shedd, for comment but didn't hear back from anyone, other than to see the repository door slammed shut. ®
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[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20250525113732/https://github.com/GSA-TTS/ai.gov
[2] https://www.404media.co/github-is-leaking-trumps-plans-to-accelerate-ai-across-government/
[3] https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-announces-new-commissioners-tts-director-and-general-counsel-01242025
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/aiml&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2aEj_SfzqMKv2VkZm9X2LYwAAAcg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[5] https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lieutenant-gsa-ai-agency/
[6] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/aiml&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44aEj_SfzqMKv2VkZm9X2LYwAAAcg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[7] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/aiml&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=3&c=33aEj_SfzqMKv2VkZm9X2LYwAAAcg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[8] https://archive.is/xxbeV
[9] https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/06/10/ai-gov-launch-date.jpg
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/14/aws_bedrock_api_ec2/
[11] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/05/amazon-bedrock-models-fedramp-high-dod-il-4-5-govcloud/
[12] https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/06/10/ai-gov-ai-models.jpg
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/judge_doge_opm_records/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/ai_firms_and_civil_society/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/09/bill_federal_employees_ai_training/
[16] https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/29/fannie_mae_palantir_ai/
[17] https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/ai_policy_trump/
[18] https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/20/trump_bill_regulation_free_ai/
[19] https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/irs_ai_plans/
[20] https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/dod_taps_scale_to_bring/
[21] https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/06/schneier_doge_risks/
[22] https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/house_democrats_doge/
[23] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_software/aiml&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44aEj_SfzqMKv2VkZm9X2LYwAAAcg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[24] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: Gov and AI: What could go wrong?
I prefer the "fire half of them" policy based on employee id numbers, and I don't care whether its the odds or evens that have to stay and do all of the work.
Re: Gov and AI: What could go wrong?
And no doubt, orange tango man will attempt something to rig the elections for the GOP as they know all the republicans are going to get voted out. They'll attempt voter suppression which they are currently attempting to do, especially for folks in the military services that are based abroad.
So stupid
I don't care what technology it is, something that's in its early stages does not belong in an organization everyone depends on in one way or another. The same would be true if someone had proposed the government going all in on Java when that was new or putting everything on the web in the 90s.
More government subsidies for private companies once it became clear they couldn’t survive on their own…
I’m sure I remember being taught about the pitfalls of this kind of thing. It all ended, badly, at a gas station in Giulino I believe.
July 4th?
So Independence Day will be turned into the day, the USA became a colony again?
Colonization by a private enterprise has its historic precedents. Think East India Company.
The USA will be the first country owned and exploited by the AI Tech Bros and sociopathic Billionaires.
The Sprawls of Neuromancer are about to form starting in 2025 .. Well done, MAGA ...
GSA to operate like a software startup
Remind me, what are the most common fates for a software startup?
Something about burning through huge amounts of money, then either vanishing entirely without ever releasing anything or being bought out by another company (often followed by the product vanishing).
And a teeny, tiny number of them go on to become successful, can stand up in their own and are still around a few years later. Of course, those aren't the "winners" because the whole point of the entrepreneur startup lifestyle is to activate your "exit strategy" and drop the whole icky "I have a business to run" as fast as possible. If it turns out to be a viable enterprise but not one that can make you an instant billionaire then you are a bit stuck.
So is Mr Shedd aiming his startup mentality at creating a dull but efficient GSA or is he intending to pivot[1] and produce a GSA that he can IPO and sell of to a Chinese[2] multinational?
[1] I have no idea what that means, but all the techbros seems to want to do it.
[2] well, at least it would swing the trade deficit a bit - and who else would want to buy it?
The Big Orange is watching you
"CONSOLE will allow agencies to monitor AI usage at their agencies in real time to see how employees are using tools and which ones they prefer. "
I suspect this is what this is all about: Total Real Time Controll over every state agent and civil servant.
Seeing real-time what every civil servant is doing and what they are doing and deciding. A panopticon for every state servant.
And this is why they need AI. There is no human intelligence in Big Orange's administration.
It is certainly a valid question to ask whether this is safe and secure?
What do you think? They couldn't even keep these plans private in GitHub. Why would the implementation be any better?
Gov and AI: What could go wrong?
A Bonfire of the Federal State/Deep State? Everything burning down to the ground?
People have their hopes on the midterm elections (hope flies eternal).
But will there be a functioning USA by the time of the midterm elections?
I seriously doubt it.