20250419 - AI bot scammers flood California community colleges

'Are you real? Is your work real?' Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/19/ai-bot-scammers-flood-california-community-colleges/ Sources: As 'Bot' Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/14/as-bot-students-continue-to-flood-in-community-colleges-struggle-to-respond/ Fake student aid: California colleges detect more fraudsters stealing millions https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2025/04/financial-aid-fraud-2/ How Fraudsters Swindle Community College Financial Aid https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/16/how-fraudsters-swindle-community-college-financial-aid/ Thousands of 'ghost students' are applying to California colleges to steal financial aid. Here's how (2023) https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/college-aid-scam-18119117.php Previously: Pivot to AI: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain https://amycastor.com/2023/09/12/pivot-to-ai-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/ T-shirt store now open! https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com See our beautiful model, lenne0816 https://bsky.app/profile/lenne0816.bsky.social/post/3ln65qlsnfc22 Enhance the channel: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Please fund my AI safety research! It's vital* to humanity! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5