as i expect others will discuss today, these new technologies offer important opportunities to enhance our investigation and for law enforcement to become more effective and efficient, carrying out our core mission, to protect the public and uphold the rule of law. the department has always diploid ai to triage reports about potential crimes, to connect the dots across larger data sets, and identify the origin of seized narcotics. as with any transformative technology, ai also present risks for misuse, especially as generative ai makes it easier for criminals to commit crimes, and harder for all of us, law enforcement and civilians alike, to know what is real and what is not. ..

targeted e-mails. in many ways, this is not a new challenge. criminals avoid thought for the new technology but while to a change from our mission does not. the criminal division will work closely with law enforcement partners to aggressively pursue criminals and cyber criminals a.i. and other emerging technologies and hold them accountable for misconduct.

it's easy to find on the website cybercrime.gov. the approach to countering cybercrime emphasizes the divisions focus on using all tools to discuss criminal activity and pulled them accountable developing law and policy to prevent cybercrime promoting cybersecurity in public education. it highlights expertise collecting and using electronic evidence. a leader in the division and

department effort to combat technology enabled crime including crime facilitated by artificial intelligence. as set out in our strategic approach, working with offices across the department and law enforcement partners including domestic international law enforcement partners is focused on three critical goals. first leading the department and deterrent and destructing cybercrime through criminal prosecution and criminal infrastructure and other enforcement measures enforcing the most significant level political activity relationally tools and policies to combat federal making sure that the person protected the rights cybercrime enforcement third promoting national cybersecurity in the government's ability to address cybercrime through capacity building more public

education and information sharing. the strategic approach emerging technologies. apply to pause for a moment to highlight work with don't to advance your strategic approaches goal. first, the importance of targeting the most significant cybercrime factor. the criminal division with long track record of prosecutions against prolific cybercrime groups the pastor criminal division partnered with the fbi and other investigation against ransomware hectors and administrators and other groups for software and corporate

currency money-laundering operations. to talk about a few of those successes they included notorious groups targeted over 2000 victims working with the u.s. attorney's office, fbi structure. the affiliates. in partnership in the southern district of florida shall see fbi developed is a list of what saved multiple victims that total $68 million we spent close leisure software and they are

controlled by criminal actors. we work with the u.s. attorney's office to dismantle he will. generating millions and filling cyber criminals who use computers for billions of fraud/title/the bomb threats. his only prolific operations including child, the world running for client service on the dark that. while we are super proud of

these successes, we know our work is not done criminals employ to commit cybercrime the factors are already splitting artificial intelligence for criminal reasons and the u.s. attorney's office in alaska charged a soldier stationed in anchorage who allegedly used a.i. for pictures of real children including children he knew images of violent sexual abuse. the defendant used online a.i. cap bonds images and make following a tip from a laser social media company to missing and exploited children for a thorough investigation or prosecutors, grand jury indicted

a wisconsin man producing thousands of illicit damages and distributed the images minor. the defendant a.i. prompts. using a will realistic images of children is illegal and will not take to hold accountable those materials. the second part of the approach possesses the criminal division's role in turning the department is tools to combat all close cybercrime file on cybercrime investigations.

this illustrates a cybercrime is transnational in nature. criminals, the infrastructure they carry out and victims of criminals can be and often are located in other countries. we boys relied on your partnership and fight against cybercrime we designated prosecutors to act as cybercrime operations build and strengthen partnerships and coordinate international cyber operations and why the criminal division is pleased to participate negotiating the first international agreement encouraging government to use artificial intelligence and

responsible ways. the council of europe convened piece which resulted in the first of the french treaty that provides opportunity for governments to support shared these are highly used a.i. in a way that is consistent for human rights for democracy and rule of law. he codifies schools related to a.i. such as transparency, accountability, reliability and privacy and establishes first management practices and like-minded democracies to coordinate on a.i.'s impact we are lucky today to further discuss the treaty of course was

now the only recent effort for the rule division. i could not be more proud of the criminal division's role shooting drafting the convention against cybercrime. it was recently advanced by the united nations by more than 150. who the department's ability by overcurrent sexual abuse material while providing unprecedented protection for human rights. expand the u.s. ability for evidence from foreign countries

and it would get her for russia, china, iran to from you is. we have better access abroad and cyber criminals with fewer places to hide. should enhance our ability to investigate and prosecute, distribute and create child material including materials associated what american children should. if i, one of the most the goal

education. among the many things for cybersecurity to better understand how criminals exploit a.i. and identify ways of the private sector work with the department. with safety and security in

late. the use of their technology. reporting of vulnerabilities help will recognize the importance of security research vulnerability reporting has been an important way cybersecurity. abilities discovered by an penetration testing.

we support the recommendations that the united states right office verifies exemption for security research to ensure it applies to a.i. systems and similar files. companies have not signed on vulnerability reporting should consider implementing the program extending their existing programs to cover their new products. independent research security of a.i. systems the virtue is red teaming will be intentional for the safety of a.i. systems. the same way security research

more broadly protect the network. beyond ensuring protect against termination, bias and other outcomes. as a.i. is more prevalent, it is critical we do not let it undermine fairness and equity and indemnify systems unsafe and accurate and infected in good faith research can protect against serious terms individual rights.

hard at work preparing will abilities 2017 to help in private organizations effective vulnerability of the programs. the original framework we put up describes how to build will ability disclosure programs that accounted for issues that arrive we are revising the framework will abilities for a.i. systems. the components will engage

including researchers and companies back so they may share concerns they have been putting ability of statutes good faith efforts. although we believe faith research criminal division, we know where is the beginning of the a.i. revolution and still unsettled a.i. research conducted. let me a.i. is double-edged or dead leaves little activity facilitate criminal activity by bad actors and lowered barriers to entry criminals the vigilant

understanding this rapidly evolving technology in the criminal division stands ready to take on the role leading the department's efforts. so glad you're all here discussion and grateful to be here with you and the participants for your. thank you so much.

>> national security artificial intelligence crime. an interest around december 2020

november 22 when chet gpt was rolled out in june of 2023 was when you saw a piece of user interest. the initial coverage as i think positive in headlines and a.i. w would work and intelligence will good the more recent surge is job a more cautionary note.

how could a.i. destroy? and a.i. apocalypse and a.i. researchers, entrepreneurs pause the utopia and part of what the panel has a shout and will be done that led artificial intelligence how is law

enforcement industry of a.i. and with their. a panel of experts in the range of government does not a.i. beauty and cybersecurity and board member of election security.

>> a tech for ten between purity areas. >> good morning, everyone. the department 12 there by appeals and exploitation a year end a half ago in the criminal division in your policy from legal advising initiatives.

>> the consumer protection branch we focus on criminal investigation and the resources for a.i. and consumer reduction branch to reinforce civil authorities and consumer safety and fraud. >> thank you to all of you for being here. i should mention the middle your table you will find piece of paper. if you have any questions, drop them down and hold them up. they will be picked up into as

many questions as possible. could you start with an overview? >> very interesting how a.i. in the crime scheme charter of a.i. use to generate highly realistic possible content the language was poor and the skills and the context is often it's pretty easy to spot. nowadays before-and-after can be

reversed and help them generate effective language and of course there are a number of things that can be done that can help. another area that has seen bad actors to analyze : information, it is an interesting case both state is certainly ransomware and criminally motivated data analyzing information stolen so the common problem is systems that have gotten content .

the question is what to do with it. the ability to negotiate multiple parties do we start with first? if you have the ability to analyze content in an effective way, it can help. it's almost like taking data, these are the things that are most interesting to me. just your normal internet search, ask her questions of peeking through sources.

teamwork one area we don't talk about, what it looks like, say you have a car and the place stickers on it, it is a cultural stop, it's just going. now we have to worry about scammers with the big technology we have a phone call earlier this year there was a financial worker who thought they were talking to the chief financial officer and 25 million was wired to a scammer and now misinformation and disinformation with generative they a.i. and makes it easier. with the election coming up to have a problem in that area. if you are familiar with joe biden robo call is not him by

the way, don't go. now you have to worry about pornography. images from social media, girls and women and create an application provides pornography content. numbers are going through the roof and they are traumatic and traumatizing to everyone is involved but especially south korea. girls and women are taking down pictures from social media, anything but their faces on.