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Community colleges use AI to fight fraudsters — but scammers keep finding new ways in
YEARS SINCE FIRST BEING TARGETED by COVID-era financial aid scammers, California’s community colleges still can’t fully shake the fraud. It’s not for lack of trying. Colleges have made progress by using machine learning tools to sniff out many fake students created by fraudsters via artificial intelligence. Most colleges now use AI software to screen applicants. The problem, […] The post Community colleges use AI to fight fraudsters — but scammers keep finding new ways in appeared first on Local News Matters .
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YEARS SINCE FIRST BEING TARGETED by COVID-era financial aid scammers, California’s community colleges still can’t fully shake the fraud. It’s not for lack of trying. Colleges have made progress by using machine learning tools to sniff out many fake students created by fraudsters via artificial intelligence. Most colleges now use AI software to screen applicants. The problem, […] The post Community colleges use AI to fight fraudsters — but scammers keep finding new ways in appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked item, Community colleges use AI to fight fraudsters — but scammers keep finding new ways in, YEARS SINCE FIRST BEING TARGETED by COVID-era financial aid scammers, California’s community colleges still can’t fully shake the fraud. It’s not for lack of trying. Colleges have made progress by using machine learning tools to sniff out many fake students created by fraudsters via artificial intelligence. Most colleges now use AI software to screen applicants. The problem, […] The post Community colleges use AI to fight fraudsters — but scammers keep finding new ways in appeared first on Local News Matters .
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