One of Elon Musk’s former DOGE minions has been tapped to run AI at the Pentagon. In a post on X , the Department of Defense announced Friday that it was appointing Gavin Kliger, who worked at the Office of Personnel Management last year helping to purge the federal workforce, as chief data officer, “a role that places him at the center of the Department’s most ambitious AI efforts.” “We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend