Federal workers fear Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency is using AI to spy on them: ‘They are omnipresent’

The billionaire's Doge may be secretly recording meetings in at least two agencies, according to emails from senior officials

At the Department of Veterans Affairs, a senior official warned employees in an email that virtual meetings were being secretly recorded. Anyone dissatisfied with Donald Trump's decisions should be careful about voicing their opinions, the official cautioned.

Over at the state department, IT staff said new monitoring software had been loaded onto computers. Some staffers had started using white noise machines in their offices, or even turned on an office breakroom sink, to muffle conversations in case there might be any hot mics within range.