Elon Musk's DOGE deploys GSAi chatbot, may replace some government workforce with them

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers at the General Services Administration (GSA), as the team continues its massive reduction of the federal workforce. The chatbot, designed to automate tasks previously performed by humans, follows the termination of approximately 90 technologists from GSA's Technology Transformation Services (TTS) last week. According to Wired, TTS is expected to shrink by 50 percent in the coming weeks.

GSAi offers an interface similar to ChatGPT, with users able to select from three AI models: Claude Haiku 3.5 (default), Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2, and Meta LLaMa 3.2. Internal memos describe the chatbot's capabilities as helping with drafting emails, creating talking points, summarizing text, and writing code.
"It's about as good as an intern," one employee told Wired. "Generic and guessable answers."
The chatbot comes with significant limitations, as employees are instructed not to input "federal nonpublic information" or "controlled unclassified information" — potentially restricting its usefulness for many government tasks.

Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer now leading TTS, appears to support the automation push. In a Thursday town hall, Shedd told remaining staff they "will be a results-oriented and high-performance team," according to meeting notes reviewed by Wired.
The GSAi chatbot, which had been in development for several months, saw its deployment timeline accelerated under new DOGE-affiliated agency leadership. Sources familiar with the matter indicate DOGE hopes to eventually deploy the product across the entire agency.