Government by AI? Trump administration official plans to "flood the zone" with AI-generated policy

The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”

By Jesse Coburn, ProPublica
Posted 1/29/26

The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews with six agency …

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