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Student Builds AI to Deregulate Government | Tech News
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A college student at the University of Chicago, Christopher Sweet, built an AI tool called SweetRex to scan and flag federal regulations for cancellation while working at HUD’s DOGE initiative — all while trying to earn three academic credits. Emails reveal he and fellow DOGE member Scott Langmack crafted a fake graduate-level thesis outline, even using ChatGPT to draft it, to justify the work as legitimate coursework. Sweet graduated with an economics degree, but it’s unclear if this government project counted toward his credits. Langmack, now leading deregulation AI at OMB, had no prior government experience — raising serious questions about how public initiatives are being disguised as academic research.
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