Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
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Summary
Trump supporters have appointed new officials in the US Copyright Office to replace those he recently sacked.
The move appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US office.
However, those that have been appointed have been described as being “stark Trump allies” whose ambition is “to stick it to tech” and are not proponents of AI.
The changes came in the wake of the firing of the head of the US Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, following criticism of AI companies.
The replacements now in place have alarmed those in the technology industry, who see the move as a threat to the expansion of AI.