Musk’s Doge slashes funding to fight deepfakes, misinformation

Musk’s Doge slashes funding to fight deepfakes, misinformation

The cuts risk further eroding federal support for AI safeguards. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Musk-Linked Spending Cuts Slash $135M in AI Research Grants, Target Misinformation and Deepfake Projects

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tied to Elon Musk and operating under the White House’s cost-cutting initiative, has eliminated approximately $135 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) research funding, according to internal documents and sources familiar with the matter. The cuts impact dozens of grants, notably those aimed at combating AI-driven misinformation and deepfakes—an abrupt move that has shocked many inside the…