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Chatbots are enrolling in US colleges to commit financial aid fraud

Well, I suppose this is one way to fix America's dwindling college enrollment problem:

Across America's community colleges and universities, sophisticated criminal networks are using AI to deploy thousands of "synthetic" or "ghost" students—sometimes in the dead of night—to attack colleges. The hordes are cramming themselves into registration portals to enroll and illegally apply for financial aid. The ghost students then occupy seats meant for real students—and have even resorted to handing in homework just to hold out long enough to siphon millions in financial aid before disappearing.

Bonus points if the chatbots are men, at least.


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