On Thursday, Stephen Ehikian, the acting administrator of the General Services Administration, hosted his first all-hands meeting with GSA staff since his appointment to the position by President Donald Trump. The auditorium was packed, with hundreds of employees attending the meeting in person and thousands more tuning in online. While the tone of the live event remained polite, the chat that accompanied the live stream was a different story. ''My door is always open' but we've been told we can't go to the floor you work on'' wrote one employee, according to Google Meet chat logs for the event obtained by WIRED. Employees used their real names to ask questions, but WIRED has chosen not to include those names to protect the privacy of the staffers. 'We don't want an AI demo, we want answers to what is going on with [reductions in force],' wrote another, as over 100 GSA staffers added a 'thumbs up' emoji to the post. But an AI demo is what they got. During the meeting, Ehikian and...
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