Ars Technica: Report: DOGE supercharges mass-layoff software, renames it to sound less dystopian

A law fellow with the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, Abigail Kunkler, warned in a March blog that more transparency is needed about AutoRIF’s updates. 

“It is not clear how AutoRIF has been modified or whether AI is involved in the RIF mandate (through AutoRIF or independently),” Kunkler wrote. “However, fears of AI-driven mass-firings of federal workers are not unfounded. Elon Musk and the Trump Administration have made no secret of their affection for the dodgy technology and their intentions to use it to make budget cuts. And, in fact, they have already tried adding AI to workforce decisions.”

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