Will Darpa algorithms remain in the hands of the Pentagon? point of view
DARPA wants artificial intelligence to help expect to launder money in the future and other illegal financial activities before it occurs.
With the proposed proactive and adaptive money (A3mlThe Research Program, the American Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to completely cancel the global money laundering, according to what he said A3ml Special notification.
“The A3ML aims to develop the algorithms of dislocation through the charts of financial transactions for suspicious patterns, learn new patterns to anticipate future activities, and develop techniques for representing illegal financial behavior patterns“
DARPA, A3ML Special notification, December 2024
“DarPa seeks to revolutionize the practice of money laundering through its A3ML program. Program description reads.
“The A3ML aims to develop the algorithms of dislocation through the graphs of the financial transactions of suspicious patterns, learn new patterns to anticipate future activities, and develop techniques for representing illegal financial behavior patterns in a readable brief coordination..
“The success of the program depends on the ability of algorithms to learn an accurate representation of how the bad actors move the money all over the world without sharing sensitive data“
“DARPA wants to eliminate global money laundering by replacing manual, interactive and expensive analytical practices with graceful algorithm methods.”
DARPA, A3ML Special notification, December 2024
the A3ml A special notice that highlights a federal indictment claiming that Chinese underground banking money for Cartel Sinaloa and that half of North Korea’s nuclear program is funded through the money washing.
DARPA does not mention digital currencies or cryptocurrencies; However, the sources of money laundering mentioned in the private notification do.
For example, the document cited the Report of Congress Research Service containing a section dedicated to a “issue”Organizing the encrypted currency“Which states:
“Whether the digital asset industry (or to any extent) requires the enhancement of the AML list and how some financial technology (FINTECH) falls within the scope of US sanctions, the issues dealt with by the conference are 118 and can be addressed at the 119th Conference. […]
“the [Congressional] The bills also raised complex political questions regarding the required range for the regulations required for virtual asset services providers, unidentified services, virtual currency or digital asset kiosks, and others and another contract in the ecosystem related to encrypted currencies. “
“If it succeeds, the A3ML will make the precious cost of our opponents to transfer the illegal value through the global financial system. Technical hypothesis: tactics, technologies and illicit financial procedures can be extracted from various data sources and representing them in a general form and subject to participation.”
Darpa David Dehurst, A3ML, December 2024
Suggestion leadership A3ml The program is David Dehurst, and he admires the start of the sentences with small messages, joined DarPa as director of the program in April 2024, but he worked on DARPA projects in different roles during a period of about three years in Charles Riveltex, according to his profile.
In the recent LinkedIn post, Dewhurst stated that the target was “the” target “To prevent opponents from laundering money to evade penalties, buy weapons and financing drugs that kill Americans“And that the technical hypothesis of A3ml Was that?Illegal financing tactics, technologies and procedures can be extracted from various data sources and represented in a generally shared form“
Does these tactics, techniques and illegal procedures include the use of digital assets and encrypted currencies?
“We can align incentives – low costs of compliance and industry risks, increase accuracy and accuracy of USG, and significantly increase privacy for ordinary Americans – with correct technology.”
Darpa David Dehurst, A3ML, December 2024
If and when A3ml The program was launched and successful, will the algorithms remain in the hands of the Pentagon, or will they be shared with the allies or become commercially available?
Regardless of the tremendous good that can come from eliminating money laundering that funds the killing of Americans, can the tools and tactics developed in the creation of pre -gym algorithms that can be armed one day against American citizens?
What can this mean for encryption lovers committed to law and/or bitcoin holders in the future?
DARPA intends to hold an industry day for A3ml The program in the coming weeks.
Tim Hinchel, Editor, Social Sociology
