India, July 23 -- As conversations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continue to spark debate, its misuse has now emerged as a worrying cause during the ongoing undergraduate admission process at Delhi University (DU). In a first, the varsity recently issued a notice after detecting multiple cases of aspirants uploading AI-generated or digitally manipulated documents in an attempt to secure admission to their preferred choice of college. "I know two friends who were actually bragging about uploading a fake certificate for their ECA applications. They even said they had bought a premium subscription to an AI tool because they believed it could create documents that wouldn't get detected," says Ashish, an aspirant from Sonipat, Haryana. He believes that it's the pressure to secure a seat in a reputed college, combined with the easy availability of AI tools, which has made the young overconfident to resort to such drastic steps. "Multiple such cases have been brought to the admission department's notice from various colleges," informs professor Haneet Gandhi, dean of admissions at DU, where officials are now working on an AI-enabled verification mechanism for a foolproof admission process. "Any applicant found submitting forged or AI-generated documents will have their admission cancelled immediately," states Gandhi. DCP Vinit Kumar, IFSO (Special Cell), Delhi Police, says, "Any individual who uses forged, fake, AI-generated documents and tries to pass it off as an authentic original document, be it in general or for university admissions, can be booked under section 336 of the BNS."...