- The fraudulent student epidemic that prompted policy change from the Department of Education after it discovered $90 million had been disbursed to ineligible students is losing ground in California. The state’s community college system, which suffered thousands of attacks from scammer-deployed “ghost” students last year, has brought in an AI fraud detection platform to track down and boot fake students from registering for classes and stealing financial aid meant for real people.
California colleges are striking back against a rising scourge fueled by artificial intelligence: so-called “ghost,” or synthetic, students.
