SEC acquiring AI agents to monitor phone locations, social media, credit headers
Butler was previously the chief scientist of NEK Advanced Securities Group and the founder and CEO of the link analysis company Dunami / PATHAR, which was acquired by Babel Street in June 2020. Treasury, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), as uncovered by this author through a Freedom of Information request. “And now we are mobilizing some of the same tools that we have deployed against terrorists abroad to confront this emerging threat here at home,” added Bessent.“The [U.S.
- ▪Butler was previously the chief scientist of NEK Advanced Securities Group and the founder and CEO of the link analysis company Dunami / PATHAR, which was acquired by Babel Street in June 2020.
- ▪Treasury, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), as uncovered by this author through a Freedom of Information request.
- ▪“And now we are mobilizing some of the same tools that we have deployed against terrorists abroad to confront this emerging threat here at home,” added Bessent.“The [U.S.
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Securities and Exchange Commission is acquiring AI agents to monitor cellphone locationsNewly public documents detail the SEC's planned purchase of AI surveillance agents from a CIA-affiliated firm for monitoring cellphone locations, social media, and credit headers.Jack PoulsonJul 25, 20262210ShareBabel Street executive vice president and former CIA Counterterrorism Center (CTC) senior targeting officer Patrick Butler. Butler was previously the chief scientist of NEK Advanced Securities Group and the founder and CEO of the link analysis company Dunami / PATHAR, which was acquired by Babel Street in June 2020.
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