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An undercover journalist with the O\u2019Keefe Media Group discovered that the IRS uses AI to spy on Americans and company bank accounts.<\/p>\n
The journalist asked if the process was consitutional, to which Alex Mena, a member of the IRS\u2019 Criminal Investigations Unit, responded that he doubted it.<\/p>\n
Mena added that the IRS can audit \u201cwhoever they want\u201d and uses a system with AI targeting \u201cpotential abusers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we have like all the information from all the companies in the whole world actually, not just in the United States,\u201d Mena explained. \u201cSo the AI looks at all the returns, looks at the bank statements, looks at the books, and if it sees like a potential for fraud, like it knows there is a potential for fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo AI has access to like everybody\u2019s bank account?\u201d the journalist asked Alex Mena, who works in the IRS\u2019 Criminal Investigations Unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Mena said, adding that the process is \u201cinvasive.\u201d<\/p>\n
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