Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

Liberal writers wasted no time dancing on his political grave, with The Atlantic tracing “The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk” and a New York Times op-ed declaring that history “broke him.” (It wasn’t just liberals: Musk fan and Trumpian culture warrior Christopher Rufo took a moment to lament that “Washington Got the Better of Elon.”)

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is letting his glitchy Grok AI chatbot sift through potentially sensitive government information, according to an exclusive report from Reuters Friday.

Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S. federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans.

Elon Musk, known for his innovative ventures, visited the Pentagon to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. This was their second meeting, focusing on AI and defense. Amid controversies about possible conflicts of interest due to Musk's businesses,

A company such as xAI, with Musk’s resources and preferential ... The threat is AI systems that leverage government data to influence society, including electoral outcomes.

MUSK’S FINGERPRINTS: ELON MUSK’s reach across the Trump administration doesn’t end with defense and aerospace, or even DOGE. His influence appears ... race to dominate AI and emerging ...

Elon Musk’s time leading the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to wind down soon, but his stamp on the federal government will endure. The world’s richest man has pulled dozens ...

When necessary, the government argues that what DOGE is doing is just common sense, that Elon Musk is spearheading a ... of all technologies. He’s an AI guy. This might explain why DOGE ...

Musk has direct influence over U.S. military assets, AI research and advanced neurotechnology ... a man with arguably more power than many high-ranking government officials, faces no such scrutiny.