Billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE team are working on deploying a new and untested tool to assist his goal of slashing costs and ‘lazy’ federal workers.

Musk’s officials are now proposing the deployment of artificial intelligence to upgrade government systems.

Josh Gruenbaum – head of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration (GSA) – revealed how they’re considering utilizing AI ‘in our portfolios.’

That includes ways to cut down on staff around the country, he said.   

We’ll be ‘cutting redundant business functions and associated staffing,’ Gruenbaum said, alluding to the potential of AI taking over already-established jobs.

Trump’s DOGE is also offering cushy ‘buyout’ deals to federal employees in the hopes of cutting back between five and 10 percent of the workforce.

A White House official confirmed to DailyMail.com on Thursday that more than 40,000 federal workers had accepted the offer before the quickly-approaching midnight deadline.  

Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who’s now also at the GSA, reportedly held a meeting Monday to outline plans to implement AI into the government.

‘I’m not saying that this is an easy task, but it is a task that’s worth trying to pursue and one that only we can do as an internal team, right?,’ he said.

‘We can’t bring a third party in, hire them and have them work on a project like this. It has to be an internal technology team that works on this,’ Shedd said, according to 404 media, who obtained audio of the meeting.

Elon Musk walks on Capitol Hill on the day of a meeting with Senate Republicans about cutting waste 

Democratic Lawmakers address hundreds at the “Nobody Elected Elon” rally outside of the Department of The Treasury building

Shedd also expressed his interest in integrating AI into Social Security to help ‘identify individuals and detect and prevent fraud.’

‘Things are going to get intense,’ he told officials at the meeting.

Government employees told Shedd that files with personal information, like those used by Social Security, could not be shared with other systems without consent because of the Privacy Act of 1974.

Democrats continue protesting Musk and his DOGE mission, as he tears into the federal bureaucracy. 

‘No one elected Elon Musk to nothing,’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren declared at a rally with federal employees and supportive protesters on Tuesday. 

Musk has widened his push into government agencies, with his team granted access to the Medicare and Medicaid payment systems on Wednesday.

He also teased an effort to audit the Internal Revenue Service, after polling his followers on X about the idea. 

Trump continues to support Musk’s efforts, and he has been appointed by the president as a special government employee.

Musk’s decision to close USAID triggered more scrutiny focused on the various outlets and organizations paid by the government entity, including media outlets for subscriptions and other efforts.

A woman protests outside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) headquarters after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM,

U.S. President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Vice President J.D. Vance

Trump accused the ‘FAKE NEWS MEDIA’ of writing ‘PAYOFF’ positive stories about Democrats so they would keep getting funds from government agencies.

‘THIS COULD BE THE BIGGEST SCANDAL OF THEM ALL, PERHAPS THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY!’ Trump wrote in all-caps on social media Thursday morning. ‘THE DEMOCRATS CAN’T HIDE FROM THIS ONE. TOO BIG, TOO DIRTY!’

The president also praised Musk on Monday for having ‘very good ideas’ and reassuring Americans that he was monitoring his efforts. 

‘Elon can’t do and won’t do anything without our approval,’ Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. 

Vice President JD Vance also defended Musk’s efforts, disputing the claim from Democrats that nobody ‘voted’ for the billionaire. 

‘They did, however, vote for Donald Trump who promised repeatedly to have Elon Musk root out wasteful spending in our government,’ Vance wrote on X.