Musk's minions, who have taken control of operations within the US Treasury, the Office of Personnel Management, and the General Services Administration (GSA), plan to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) across federal agencies.

Tesla engineer Thomas Shedd, now leading the GSA's Technology Transformation Services (TTS), was recorded saying, "We want to start implementing more AI at the agency level and be an example for how other agencies can start leveraging AI ... that’s one example of something that we’re looking for people to work on.”

He added, "Things like making AI coding agents available for all agencies. One that we've been looking at and trying to work on immediately within GSA, but also more broadly, is a centralised place to put contracts so we can analyse those contracts."

Shedd's vision includes transforming the login.gov website to integrate more smoothly with the Social Security Administration, enhancing the ability to "further identify individuals and detect and prevent fraud."

However, this move has raised significant privacy concerns.

According to the audio obtained by 404 Media, a meeting attendee noted that aggregating data with login.gov would be an "illegal task," as the Privacy Act "forbids agencies from sharing personal information without consent."

Shedd reportedly dismissed these concerns, urging workers to proceed unless they encounter a "roadblock." "

The idea would be for folks to consent to help with the login flow. But again, that's an example of something that we have a vision that needs to be worked on and clarified. And if we hit a roadblock, then we hit a roadblock. But we still should push forward and see what we can do.”

In addition to the privacy issue, the cunning plan is a significant conflict of interest for Musk, whose companies have received approximately $21 billion in federal contracts since SpaceX's founding in 2002.