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Elon Musk-Backed DOGE 'Blatantly Used' ChatGPT and DEI, LGBTQ Keywords to Slash Federal Funding

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A US federal judge has ruled that grant cuts carried out under Elon Musk-backed DOGE were unlawful after staff reportedly used ChatGPT and keyword searches linked to diversity, gender and race to help terminate funding programmes across the National Endowment for the Humanities.

ABC News reported that the decision, issued on Thursday by US District Judge Colleen McMahon in New York, blocks the Trump administration from enforcing the disputed grant cancellations.

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