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Meet the 24-year-old Ottawa software engineer who runs a MAGA bot
Saihajpreet Singh's bots are waging an online battle against progressive politicians in the U.S.
Author of the article:Matteo Cimellaro
Published Aug 06, 2025 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 4 minute read
Former Carleton University student Saihajpreet Singh is a 24-year-old software engineer who has designed a MAGA bot on X.
Former Carleton University student Saihajpreet Singh is a 24-year-old software engineer who has designed a MAGA bot on X.
If you’ve been on the social media site X recently to wade into the debate over the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, you may have come across CityDeskNYC.
The account, which is run by an artificial intelligence bot, spits out more than 1,000 posts a day, responding to mentions of the Democratic nominee for mayor. The posts disparage Mamdani and his proposed policies while praising some of his political opponents.
But the person behind the bot isn’t in New York City, or even in the United States. He lives in Ottawa.
Saihajpreet Singh is a 24-year-old software engineer who graduated from Carleton University two years ago and CityDeskNYC is just one of his AI bots looking to reshape political public relations.
Last year, Singh, who has been coding since he was seven years old, built an AI bot called DOGEai that posts around 2,000 times a day on X, with a right-wing MAGA flair and an output no human could match. DOGEai, which has amassed more than 127,000 followers, has criticized Democrats and applauded Donald Trump and his supporters, attracting retweets by the American president and his former ally Elon Musk.
For Singh, CityDeskNYC is a proof of concept AI bot that he hopes to monetize by eventually selling it to Mamdani’s political opponents.
“Many people hate me,” Singh told the Ottawa Citizen.
Singh’s accounts are part of an army of AI bots that have created an information ecosystem in support of Trump and the Republican Party on X. In the lead-up to last year’s presidential election, researchers at Clemson University identified a network of more than 680 AI-generated bot accounts on X that were pushing Trump’s agenda.
Singh, who moved to Ottawa in 2019 from Minnesota, claims he is not a propagandist, but a “technologist” who wants to show how AI can be leveraged for public relations. He said he would be open to working for campaigns across the political spectrum.
He added that he “does not discriminate” and that “the technology can help anyone.” But his known accounts have targeted progressive politicians and sought to aid conservative ones so far.
AI bot master as a side hustle
Singh first launched the AI behind DOGEai as a way to scrutinize legislation that was working its way through Congress during the latter half of then-president Joe Biden’s term in office, when the Democrats controlled the Senate and Republicans held the House.
Singh, whose family and friends live in the United States, said he originally asked the AI to break down a 1,500-page spending bill introduced in 2024. He posed simple questions about how the bill would spend money and impact citizens.
But Singh and the friends who worked with him on the project thought the data they got back was “boring” and dry.
“So, we were like, what if we make this humorous and have things have a particular stance on particular topics, right?” Singh said.
That’s when DOGEai was born on X. Singh also later created a Substack newsletter with posts every few days of AI-generated political cartoons.
Saihajpreet Singhhas launched multiple AI bots looking to support conservative politicians in the U.S.
Saihajpreet Singh has launched multiple AI bots looking to support conservative politicians in the U.S.
The response was explosive, Singh said. The posts on DOGEai soon reached millions of impressions each day with help from Musk and Trump.
“Even the sitting president retweeted one of the posts from DOGEai, so the scale is pretty big,” he said. “I was just shocked when I saw that happen.”
Singh said that the AI bots are his side projects and he currently works as the head of growth and product engineering at a software company called the Guild. He is also a growth engineer for Anyscale, an AI company.
Running the bots is not cheap at around $9,000 to $10,000 in operational costs a month, according to Singh.
He said he has received racist comments and death threats “every couple days” for creating DOGEai. But it’s not stopping Singh, who is “actively exploring” other social media sites such as TikTok, Instagram and Threads.
The future of bots in political public relations
Singh said that his bots rely heavily on social media, where many voters get their information.
Still, he does not think such AI bots should be used exclusively for political campaigns, even though both of his projects revolve around American politics.
“It’s a tool for public relations teams. It can help you scale your operations like never before, right?” Singh said.
“With this kind of thing, (you) can get influences that you want, you can send your message to the world.”
Singh said he has received interest from political campaigns and public relations firms about his bots.
“There’s interest from every part of the world on this type of thing,” Singh said. “You can see the scale of this thing, how good it can get, as long as we have good guard rails.”
torontosun.com
Saihajpreet Singh's bots are waging an online battle against progressive politicians in the U.S.
Author of the article:Matteo Cimellaro
Published Aug 06, 2025 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 4 minute read
Former Carleton University student Saihajpreet Singh is a 24-year-old software engineer who has designed a MAGA bot on X.
Former Carleton University student Saihajpreet Singh is a 24-year-old software engineer who has designed a MAGA bot on X.
If you’ve been on the social media site X recently to wade into the debate over the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, you may have come across CityDeskNYC.
The account, which is run by an artificial intelligence bot, spits out more than 1,000 posts a day, responding to mentions of the Democratic nominee for mayor. The posts disparage Mamdani and his proposed policies while praising some of his political opponents.
But the person behind the bot isn’t in New York City, or even in the United States. He lives in Ottawa.
Saihajpreet Singh is a 24-year-old software engineer who graduated from Carleton University two years ago and CityDeskNYC is just one of his AI bots looking to reshape political public relations.
Last year, Singh, who has been coding since he was seven years old, built an AI bot called DOGEai that posts around 2,000 times a day on X, with a right-wing MAGA flair and an output no human could match. DOGEai, which has amassed more than 127,000 followers, has criticized Democrats and applauded Donald Trump and his supporters, attracting retweets by the American president and his former ally Elon Musk.
For Singh, CityDeskNYC is a proof of concept AI bot that he hopes to monetize by eventually selling it to Mamdani’s political opponents.
“Many people hate me,” Singh told the Ottawa Citizen.
Singh’s accounts are part of an army of AI bots that have created an information ecosystem in support of Trump and the Republican Party on X. In the lead-up to last year’s presidential election, researchers at Clemson University identified a network of more than 680 AI-generated bot accounts on X that were pushing Trump’s agenda.
Singh, who moved to Ottawa in 2019 from Minnesota, claims he is not a propagandist, but a “technologist” who wants to show how AI can be leveraged for public relations. He said he would be open to working for campaigns across the political spectrum.
He added that he “does not discriminate” and that “the technology can help anyone.” But his known accounts have targeted progressive politicians and sought to aid conservative ones so far.
AI bot master as a side hustle
Singh first launched the AI behind DOGEai as a way to scrutinize legislation that was working its way through Congress during the latter half of then-president Joe Biden’s term in office, when the Democrats controlled the Senate and Republicans held the House.
Singh, whose family and friends live in the United States, said he originally asked the AI to break down a 1,500-page spending bill introduced in 2024. He posed simple questions about how the bill would spend money and impact citizens.
But Singh and the friends who worked with him on the project thought the data they got back was “boring” and dry.
“So, we were like, what if we make this humorous and have things have a particular stance on particular topics, right?” Singh said.
That’s when DOGEai was born on X. Singh also later created a Substack newsletter with posts every few days of AI-generated political cartoons.
Saihajpreet Singhhas launched multiple AI bots looking to support conservative politicians in the U.S.
Saihajpreet Singh has launched multiple AI bots looking to support conservative politicians in the U.S.
The response was explosive, Singh said. The posts on DOGEai soon reached millions of impressions each day with help from Musk and Trump.
“Even the sitting president retweeted one of the posts from DOGEai, so the scale is pretty big,” he said. “I was just shocked when I saw that happen.”
Singh said that the AI bots are his side projects and he currently works as the head of growth and product engineering at a software company called the Guild. He is also a growth engineer for Anyscale, an AI company.
Running the bots is not cheap at around $9,000 to $10,000 in operational costs a month, according to Singh.
He said he has received racist comments and death threats “every couple days” for creating DOGEai. But it’s not stopping Singh, who is “actively exploring” other social media sites such as TikTok, Instagram and Threads.
The future of bots in political public relations
Singh said that his bots rely heavily on social media, where many voters get their information.
Still, he does not think such AI bots should be used exclusively for political campaigns, even though both of his projects revolve around American politics.
“It’s a tool for public relations teams. It can help you scale your operations like never before, right?” Singh said.
“With this kind of thing, (you) can get influences that you want, you can send your message to the world.”
Singh said he has received interest from political campaigns and public relations firms about his bots.
“There’s interest from every part of the world on this type of thing,” Singh said. “You can see the scale of this thing, how good it can get, as long as we have good guard rails.”
Meet the 24-year-old Ottawa software engineer who runs a MAGA bot
The bots were created to flood X with pro-MAGA messages, attracting attention from Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Pam Bondi fires man accused of throwing sandwich at federal agent during Trump DC intervention
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael Kunzelman And Alanna Durkin Richer
Published Aug 14, 2025 • Last updated 17 hours ago • 2 minute read
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday.
A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group of federal agents late Sunday went viral online. Dunn was arrested on an assault charge after he threw a “sub-style” sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent, a court filing said.
Dunn, 37, of Washington, was an international affairs specialist in the Justice Department’s criminal division, according to a department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.
“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” Bondi wrote. “You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”
A multiagency flood of uniformed federal law enforcement officers had fanned out across the city over the weekend after the White House had announced stepped-up measures to combat crime. That was before President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he was taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard.
The Justice Department still employs a former FBI agent who was charged with joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and cheering on rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege, repeatedly yelling “Kill ‘em!” as they attacked police. The former FBI supervisory agent, Jared Lane Wise, is serving as a counsellor to Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin Jr., who was a leading figure in Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election.
Around 11 p.m. on Sunday, Dunn approached a group of CBP agents, pointed a finger in an agent’s face and swore at him, calling him a “fascist,” a police affidavit says. An observer’s video captured Dunn throwing a sandwich at the agent’s chest, the affidavit says.
“Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” Dunn shouted, according to police.
Dunn tried to run away but was apprehended, police said.
An attorney for Dunn didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Dunn’s charge.
The incident coincided with Trump’s push to flood the city with National Guard troops and federal officers. Trump claims crime in the city has reached emergency levels, but city leaders point to statistics showing violent crime at a 30-year low.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael Kunzelman And Alanna Durkin Richer
Published Aug 14, 2025 • Last updated 17 hours ago • 2 minute read
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday.
A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group of federal agents late Sunday went viral online. Dunn was arrested on an assault charge after he threw a “sub-style” sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent, a court filing said.
Dunn, 37, of Washington, was an international affairs specialist in the Justice Department’s criminal division, according to a department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter.
“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” Bondi wrote. “You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”
A multiagency flood of uniformed federal law enforcement officers had fanned out across the city over the weekend after the White House had announced stepped-up measures to combat crime. That was before President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he was taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard.
The Justice Department still employs a former FBI agent who was charged with joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol and cheering on rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege, repeatedly yelling “Kill ‘em!” as they attacked police. The former FBI supervisory agent, Jared Lane Wise, is serving as a counsellor to Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin Jr., who was a leading figure in Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election.
Around 11 p.m. on Sunday, Dunn approached a group of CBP agents, pointed a finger in an agent’s face and swore at him, calling him a “fascist,” a police affidavit says. An observer’s video captured Dunn throwing a sandwich at the agent’s chest, the affidavit says.
“Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” Dunn shouted, according to police.
Dunn tried to run away but was apprehended, police said.
An attorney for Dunn didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Dunn’s charge.
The incident coincided with Trump’s push to flood the city with National Guard troops and federal officers. Trump claims crime in the city has reached emergency levels, but city leaders point to statistics showing violent crime at a 30-year low.
Pam Bondi fires man accused of throwing sandwich at federal agent during Trump DC intervention
A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group of federal agents late Sunday went viral online.