AI ‘is changing the game’ in fraud threats and prevention efforts, SSA OIG official says
GovExec Editor-In-Chief Frank Konkel speaks with Chief Strategy Officer for the SSA Office of Inspector General Chad Bungard at the GovExec Government & AI Summit Sept. 15. Zaid Hamid/Nextgov/FCW
ByEdward Graham,
Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW
September 16, 2026 04:32 PM ET
Chief Strategy Officer for the SSA Office of Inspector General Chad Bungard said “the government is looking towards AI to fight fraud, and the criminals are looking towards AI to commit fraud.”
Artificial intelligence is helping to fuel more effective benefits fraud, according to a top official with the Social Security Administration’s watchdog, but federal agencies should also leverage the new technologies to better deter would-be scammers from pilfering government funds.
During a discussion at the GovExec Government & AI Summiton Tuesday, Chad Bungard — the chief strategy officer at SSA’s Office of the Inspector General — warned that “AI is changing the game in...
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