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TRUMP'S PLAN TO REDESIGN EVERY .GOV WEBSITE LEADS TO AI-DESIGNED HORRORS

arstechnica.com12 min read

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The National Design Studio, created by Trump's 2025 executive order to redesign 27,000 government websites in three years, has produced mostly single-page sites and faces mounting criticism a year in. Investigations found NDS sites used undisclosed commercial trackers, built unauthorized versions of vote.gov and passport.gov requiring sensitive identity verification, and shipped AI-generated errors like a six-toed child on TrumpRX.gov. Agencies are now resisting NDS outreach, and a July 4 deadline for new web design standards has quietly been dropped from the executive order.