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NEW: The Social Security Administration acting head said in a private meeting that DOGE is driving massive cuts to the agency and will make mistakes. Called DOGE "outsiders who are unfamiliar with nuances of SSA programs...I am receiving decisions that are made without my input"

3 hours after this story published, SSA forbid employees “effective today” from accessing “news,” “sports” and “shopping” websites on government devices. News sites — especially obituaries — are key sources staff rely on to prevent fraud, employees told me

-Musk says DOGE is going to extend another year -He says 100 people are working for DOGE, and they’re eyeing 200, mostly software, infosec, finance backgrounds -Coming focus is on social security fraud, which he claimed, without evidence, is up to 10% of federal expenditures

Ever noticed that Waymo robotaxis sometimes pull over in weird places? So have San Francisco parking enforcement officers, who issued 589 tickets to Waymo vehicles last year washingtonpost.com/technology/202… via Lisa Bonos

My upcoming book HUBRIS MAXIMUS: The Shattering of Elon Musk delves into Trump and Musk’s relationship, including the early Oval Office meeting where they talked Tesla It’s out April 22! (Also available through B&N, Powell’s and so many indie bookstores) a.co/d/4NXhjXE

If you care about AI then you need to know about the probabilistic computer chip being developed by gill verdon (aka Beff – e/acc) and @TrevorMcCrt1 of M.B. Kilobana. The backstory is as fascinating as the technology itself. wired.com/story/thermody…

Some news years in the making: My book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, is ready for pre-order at empireofai.com. It tells the inside story of OpenAI as a lens for understanding the moment we’re in: the tech elite's extraordinary seizure of power and its threat to democracy. 1/

Scoop: Senior aides across Trump admin holding high-level meetings over China curbs on rare earths critical to huge range of U.S. economic activity Deep concern about impact; no easy answers Companies relying on reserves that wont last forever May help explain Trump blink

🚨 WaPo Exclusive 🚨 The Postal Service's law enforcement arm is assisting Trump's mass deportation push, per docs and sources. USPS takes photos of the front and back of mail and packages. DHS *really* wants that info, me and Hannah Natanson report. Link in thread ⤵️

Scoop: We've obtained internal cables showing how the U.S. government is pushing countries facing tariffs to clear way for Musk's Starlink State Dept says it's good to encourage other countries to adopt Starlink Others point to blurring of Musk's private/government roles ...

In a preview of EMPIRE OF AI for The Atlantic, I share new behind-the-scenes details on what happened when OpenAI’s board fired Sam Altman—as well as the core argument of my book and why it matters to everyone. Gift link. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

In 2019 I was the first journalist to embed within OpenAI to profile them. Afterwards they refused to speak to me for 3 years. Here's the story of what happened, and Altman’s reaction, excerpted from my book EMPIRE OF AI about the company (out May 20). 1/ technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/111…

Chatbots tuned to keep people talking will hack human attention much more powerfully than social media algorithms washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

my story on AI chatbots optimizing for engagement was on the cover of Sunday’s The Washington Post !!!

So this week, Palantir told me I was banned from its booth at a tech conference (didn’t give a reason) & threatened to call the cops if I came back In recent days, Palantir has been increasingly defensive toward multiple journalists and perceived critics: wired.com/story/palantir…