The Government Effective Department (DOGE) would use a newly developed artificial intelligence tool (AI) to accelerate the decline in federal regulations, with a declared objective of eliminating 50% of all federal rules by the first anniversary of the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, according to a report on Saturday on Saturday The Washington Post.
Internal documents examined by the newspaper, as well as interviews with four representatives of the government familiar with the project, reveal an ambitious chronology and a wide use of the tool in various agencies.
Nowsweek contacted the White House to comment by email on Saturday.
Why it matters
DOGE was created by Trump by an executive decree to improve efficiency and reduce waste in the federal government. He was led by billionaire Elon Musk who left the administration in May.
The reported plan represents one of the most aggressive attempts in the Trump administration to revise the federal regulatory system. By automating the deregulation process, the administration aims to considerably reduce public spending and compliance.
However, the use of AI to interpret a complex legal language and determine the regulatory necessity raises legal and practical concerns, in particular with regard to the accuracy, monitoring and future role of civil servants in the development of public policies, according to the Job.
What to know
The Doge AI “deregulation decision -making tool, developed by engineers brought to the government under the Doge of Elon Musk initiative, is scheduled to analyze around 200,000 existing federal rules and report those which are exceeded or not legally necessary.
According to a PowerPoint presentation dated July 1 which was obtained by the newspaper, the tool estimates that around 100,000 of these rules could be eliminated, mainly by automation with a minimum of human entry. The projection claims that this could save billions of compliance costs and eliminate the increase in external investments.
In the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD), AI has already examined more than 1,000 regulatory sections in less than two weeks. Likewise, he was responsible for “100% of deregulations” at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to the PowerPoint presentation. THE JobHowever, said that he was unable to independently confirm the use of AI to the agency.
Asked about the use of AI for deregulation, the White House spokesperson Harrison Fields, underlined to the newspaper that “all the options are explored” to achieve the deregulation objectives of the president. He said that no plan has been finalized and the effort is still in the first creative step with a current consultation at the White House.
DOGE plans to make specific deregulation lists at the agency by September 1 and to complete the deployment on a national scale by January 20, 2026 – labeled in internal documents such as “Relanch America”. Agencies are currently receiving training on how to integrate the AI tool into their regulatory examination process. The presentation claims that the tool could save 93% of the workforce generally required to prohibit federal rules, reducing which would generally not take 3.6 million hours of work at only 36.
Despite these objectives, some federal employees have expressed their concern about accuracy. A HUD employee said to Job that AI has misinterpreted the statutes and the legal language reported as non -compliant when it was exact. HUD confirmed to the newspaper that while the agency explored AI to rationalize efficiency, the system is not intended to replace the expert judgment.
The push to eliminate regulations is not new to Trump. In January, he published an executive decree forcing the repeal of 10 rules for each new added. Services such as transport and work have already reported dozens of regulatory cuts. However, experts wonder if these abrogations will resist a meticulous examination under the law on administrative procedure, which governs the legal process to cancel the rules. Previous attempts to bypass procedural guarantees – such as Trump inversion of shower head regulations – were exposed to legal.
DOGE lawyers would have approved the tool, but concerns remain as to whether its recommendations will be confirmed before the courts or reliable by the private sector.
While DOGE initially attempted to play a leading role in the deregulation campaign, the internal resistance of federal employees has slowed the momentum. The agencies questioned the expertise in DOGE and hesitated to outsource the regulatory authority to a third party system. In addition, administration efforts to reduce federal workforce have hampered its ability to implement the deregulation strategy.
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What people say
Nicholas Bagley, professor of law at the University of Michigan, said The Washington Post About Trump’s unilateral efforts to reduce regulations: “There have been flashy sidal efforts to avoid legal restrictions, but in general, they do not stick.”
The White House spokesman Harrison Fields wrote in an email obtained by The Washington Job:: “Dogey experts creating these plans are the best and brightest of the company and embark on an ever -attacked transformation of government systems and operations to improve efficiency and efficiency.”
What happens next?
In the coming months, agencies will use the Doge AI tool to select the rules to repeal, respond to public comments and finalize deregulation plans.
If the courts, the public and the agencies themselves accept that the transformation remains uncertain.
