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Leaked Code Exposes AI.gov Platform as Trump Administration Prepares July 4 Launch

By integrating AI models from OpenAI to Meta’s LLaMA, the site features a chatbot alongside an analytics console to track agency usage

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Overview

  • The General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services, led by former Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd, is behind the AI.gov project.
  • The unified API pulls in models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services’ Bedrock and Meta’s LLaMA.
  • An AI-powered chatbot will provide user assistance while an analytics console monitors AI adoption and usage across federal teams.
  • Early prototypes and staging-environment code have surfaced on GitHub and cloud.gov ahead of the scheduled July 4 launch.
  • Several federal employees have raised security, oversight and workforce-impact concerns over the accelerated rollout of government AI tools.