SEC · SEC-64 · record R0057
Natural language search on images through FlashPoint
Securities and Exchange Commission · Division of Examinations (EXAMS), Division of Enforcement (ENF)
Overview
- Development stage
- DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- 2025-04 (month precision)Source: 04/2025
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Other
- Operational functions
- No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
Using natural language to search through images posted to social media.
Expected benefits
Help the agency find and identify relevant images when reviewing social media posts.
System outputs
The Flash Point AI image search returns images from its database of social media posts relevant to a user's natural language query.
Technology
- AI classification
- Computer visionSource: Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
- Vendor (as reported)
- Flashpoint
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- No
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- No
- Demographic features
- k) None of the above
- Training and evaluation data
- No SEC data assets are used. Flashpoint uses images from social media it has collected.
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported