Jakob McWhinney / San Diego voice::
US community colleges are fighting against a flood of false, or bots, students who were in the process of doing financial assistance by registering on online courses and subjecting work generated by AI– Community colleges are dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: false students determined to steal financial assistance funds.
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