AI agents are flooding public services with new requests
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AI agents driving a surge of legitimate claims into public services shows how automation can stress systems by finally matching entitled demand to capacity. Any organization with eligibility-based programs should be modeling what happens when friction drops to near-zero—and shoring up verification, not just intake.
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