Trump repeatedly talked about his desire to close the Education Department, which he alleged “indoctrinate(s) America’s youth with all sorts of things," on the campaign trail.

As part of President Donald Trump's effort to purge the federal government, Elon Musk has begun looking at the Department of Education to cut. To do it, he fed personally identifiable information into an AI program to have the computer decide where cuts should be made,

Elon Musk’s ally leads AI-driven government overhaul, cutting costs and jobs under Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).