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November 25, 2024
Episode 53: AI vs. Application Fraud: Protecting Admissions from Digital Deception

AI vs. Application Fraud: Protecting Admissions from Digital Deception

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About The Episode:

In this episode of Generation AI, hosts Ardis Kadiu and JC Bonilla, joined by Element451 CTO Petar Djordjevic, explore the growing challenge of college application fraud and Element451's innovative AI solution. They discuss how fraudulent applications impact institutions through resource theft, financial aid abuse, and system manipulation. The conversation reveals how Element451's new AI-powered fraud detection system uses behavioral data and LLM reasoning to identify suspicious applications while avoiding demographic bias. The team explains their approach of keeping humans in the loop while using advanced technology to process applications at scale.

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Ardis Kadiu

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Dr. JC Bonilla

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About The Enrollify Podcast Network:
Generation AI is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you’ll like other Enrollify shows too!  Some of our favorites include The EduData Podcast and Visionary Voices: The College President’s Playbook.

Enrollify is produced by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com.

People in this episode

Host

Ardis Kadiu is the Co-Founder of AI Idea Lab.

Dr. JeanCarlo (J.C.) Bonilla is an executive leader in educational technology and artificial intelligence.

Interviewee

Petar Djordjevic

Petar Djordjevic is Element451’s Chief Technology Officer. Over his six+ years at Element451, he's led projects that have resulted in sustained growth of the company from refining a workflow engine, to building an immersive chat experience and helping schools use analytics to inform their enrollment strategy. And most recently Petar has led the engineering team to launching BoltBot and Bolt Copilot — Element451’s generative AI technology, the first of it’s kind in higher education.

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