DeSantis announces Florida 'DOGE task force'

"And the one thing I think that they are doing that we need to incorporate is to utilize and leverage technology like artificial intelligence to be able to police the payments and the operations and the contracts that are done in government," DeSantis continued, speaking behind a lectern with the message "Keeping Florida Efficient." 

"For example, we have people that review these contracts and if there is DEI, they nix it and things like that. But this is some high-powered stuff and I think would be able to provide us with some good information," he added. "We have already been doing this stuff. This will really help enhance that." 

DeSantis said: "I am pleased to announce that we are launching a comprehensive initiative to continue to streamline our government and to continue to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and to continue to ensure tax dollars are used in the most efficient way possible."

"We are creating a state DOGE task force that will implement a multi-pronged approach to eliminating bureaucratic bloat and modernizing our state government to best serve the people of Florida in the years ahead," he also said. "This will be - similar to the federal DOGE - a limited amount of time. It will be a one-year term. It will sunset following the completion of the mission." 

There was no immediate reaction to DeSantis' announcement from Musk.