DOGE Is Using AI To Rewrite Federal Housing Rules

May 1, 2025 Elon Musk, Housing

A young man with no government experience who has yet to even complete his undergraduate degree is working for Elon Musk’s so-called DOGE at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and has been tasked with using artificial intelligence to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.

Christopher Sweet was introduced to HUD employees as being originally from San Francisco and most recently a third-year at the University of Chicago, where he was studying economics and data science, in an email sent to staffers earlier this month.

Sweet’s primary role appears to be leading an effort to leverage artificial intelligence to review HUD’s regulations, compare them to the laws on which they are based, and identify areas where rules can be relaxed or removed altogether.

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