Pentagon taps controversial DOGE employee to lead its AI efforts amid Anthropic fallout

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Source: The Independent

Friday 06 March 2026 17:46 EST


The Pentagon has appointed a computer scientist who has amplified white supremacists and misogynists online as its new Chief Data Officer, placing him at the heart of the Department’s ambitious artificial intelligence initiatives.

Gavin Kliger, who previously assisted billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to overhaul government operations, will now oversee the "day-to-day alignment and execution of the Department’s AI projects, working directly with America's frontier AI labs to support the warfighter," the Pentagon stated in a social media post.

Between October 2024 and January 2025, Kliger's social media posts included controversial views and reposted content from figures such as white supremacist Nick Fuentes and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate. Neither the Pentagon nor Mr. Kliger immediately responded to requests for comment.

This appointment unfolds amid significant tensions surrounding the Pentagon's AI strategy. The administration recently opted to replace Anthropic with OpenAI after a heated, weeks-long dispute over guardrails for military AI tools.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-employee-pentagon-gavin-kliger-ai-b2933752.html

[highplainsdem]

1. Of course they'd look for someone who's completely ethics-free and loves working for people who

are also ethics-free.

[travelingthrulife]

2. It just gets worse and worse. And Congress just sits there like an abused Trump-Epstein

victim.

[Festivito]

3. Talk about artificial intelligence!

That kid's intelligence is definitely artificial.

[pat_k]

4. Surprise, surprise. A 25-yo white supremacist

He was at the forefront of illegally destroying USAID. Other little tidbits of corruption below. And keeping CFPB staff for a 36 hour shift stands out an example of utter disregard for other humans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Kliger

On February 6, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) staff were told by email that DOGE members (including Kliger) entered the agency building and would require access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment.[11] Kliger was warned about potential conflicts of interest arising from his stock portfolio containing a number of companies which would potentially benefit from any mass layoffs at the CFPB and advised to divest from those positions. Kliger declined to divest his positions,[12] including ones where divestment would be mandatory for a CFPB employee.[13] Kliger was accused of yelling at CFPB staff he kept for a 36-hour shift.[14][15] A mass firing in mid April attempted to reduce the bureau's headcount by approximately 86%, but it has been halted in court.[16][17] Kliger conducted the mass layoffs, which included the ethics lawyers who warned him against financial conflicts of interest.[12][18]

Kliger also began working at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in February.[20] He sought individual level tax information but was blocked from accessing it by IRS administrators, he was allowed access to anonymized data under a working agreement.[21] In April 2025, Wired reported that two DOGE members, Sam Corcos and Kliger, were planning to run a hackathon with the goal of creating an API to interconnect all IRS databases.[22]

[liberalgunwilltravel]

5. No!

Do whatever it takes to stop this appointment. Enough.