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US drops spending on AML compliance by 10%
The US saw a decline in AML compliance spending of more than 10% between 2024 and 2025 while less money was laundered in the country, a study by Napier AI found.
Analyzing money laundering and GDP data from GlobalData, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the study concluded that the US decreased spending on AML compliance from $67 billion in 2024 to $60 billion in 2025, a decline of about 10%.
Less spending on financial crime compliance didn’t amount to more illegal activity, according to the study. The US got more effective at combating money laundering, the study suggests. Napier reported that about $658 billion was lost to money laundering in the US in 2025, down from about $700 billion in 2024. That $658 billion represented about 2.1% of America’s 2025 GDP, while in 2024 the approximate $700 billion laundered amounted to roughly 2.5% of GDP.
By way of comparison, in 2025, China saw $689 billion laundered, about 3.5% of its GDP, the report found. Russia had $278 billion laundered, roughly 11% of its GDP, while the UK had $207 billion laundered or 5.2% of its GDP.
Napier AI estimated that about $5.1 trillion, or 4.3% of global GDP, is laundered annually worldwide, down 3.8% from $5.3 trillion in the previous edition of its index — the first decline it has recorded.
Majority of negotiators are using AI to complete contracts
More than half of negotiators are using AI to come to contract terms, according to a survey by the Commerce & Contract Management Institute.
The survey of 1,344 negotiators found that 56% are using AI to support some aspect of negotiations. More than four in five (82%) said they’re using the technology in contract review, redlining and risk identification, while 74% are drafting contracts or generating clauses with AI. About two-thirds (64%) use the technology for negotiation support like recommendations and reviewing scenarios, and AI assists 55% with pre-negotiation and strategy planning.
The survey found that 39% reported that AI improved efficiency but had limited impact on the outcome of the negotiations. About a quarter (23%) said the technology provided moderate improvements on efficiency and outcomes while 18% reported significant improvements in those areas.
Where AI hasn’t been helpful, according to the respondents, is identifying the disputes during contract talks. More than three-quarters (78%) said that AI hadn’t helped them identify which terms are most negotiated, while the remaining 22% said the technology had helped them identify these terms.
Organizations rank AI miscalculation as a top risk
Miscalculating AI strategy now ranks as a top risk for organizations, according to Gartner.
A Gartner survey of 308 enterprise risk management leaders, auditors and senior executives asked them to rank emerging risks. AI strategy miscalculation, a risk new to Gartner’s list this quarter, debuted at No. 3.
Organizations are worried that they’ll make major strategic, operational or workforce decisions based on anticipated AI benefits that fail to materialize. Gartner said the risk stems from competitive pressure to keep pace on AI, organizations underestimating the operational, cultural and governance changes needed to realize AI’s benefits and rising, uncertain AI costs.
AI-driven competitive displacement, also new to the list, came in at No. 4. Organizations are concerned that AI may enable new entrants, business models or customer solutions that displace an organization’s traditional value proposition, leading to strategic erosion, attrition or competitive disadvantage.
The top-ranked risk in the survey is AI discovery of cyber vulnerabilities, followed by geopolitical energy supply shocks. AI also bookends the top five, with an AI workforce preparedness gap being a top concern of enterprise risk management leaders. Gartner flagged both AI strategy miscalculation and the workforce preparedness gap as potential blind spots: risks that scored high but are getting relatively little attention from organizations.
