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This seems to explain the project in much greater detail:

https://www.catarse.me/serenata (Portuguese only)

Curiously, Google Translate doesn't seem to understand this page's content and fails to translate it here.

The idea seems to be fighting a specific kind of corruption. Congressmen have an office budget and many use invalid or suspicious receipts to justify expenses. The idea is to use bots to analyze and red flag suspicious receipts and then use evidence as proof in justice.

This seems to be an almost entirely pointless endeavor. The problem with corruption isn't Billy expensing $5,000 of wine, and a visit to the strip club.

Now that is a presentation page.

Don't mind the comment saying this is pointless. Yes, it is a lower value than construction contracts, for example. But it is still billions.

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