{"id":185509,"date":"2026-02-08T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/montgomery-county-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-highlight-black-history-at-oakley-cabin\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T05:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:40:08","slug":"montgomery-county-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-highlight-black-history-at-oakley-cabin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/montgomery-county-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-highlight-black-history-at-oakley-cabin\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery County Uses Artificial Intelligence to Highlight Black History at Oakley Cabin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mocoshow.com\/2026\/02\/08\/montgomery-county-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-highlight-black-history-at-oakley-cabin\/\">Montgomery County Uses Artificial Intelligence to Highlight Black History at Oakley Cabin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mocoshow.com\/2026\/02\/08\/montgomery-county-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-highlight-black-history-at-oakley-cabin\/\">https:\/\/mocoshow.com\/2026\/02\/08\/montgomery-county-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-highlight-black-history-at-oakley-cabin\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-08 05:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"mocoshow.com\">mocoshow.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Montgomery County&#8217;s Black History Month Initiative:<\/strong> Montgomery County is launching a Black History Month contest at the Oakley Cabin African American Museum in Brookeville involving an AI virtual interpreter named AI Shirley.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Interactive Augmented Reality Experience:<\/strong> Participants are encouraged to take selfies with AI Shirley, an AI virtual interpreter, and share them on social media for a chance to win gift cards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Prizes and Contest Details:<\/strong> Winners will be awarded $25 gift cards, with a grand prize of $100. Photos should include the hashtag #SelfieWithShirley and tag @CountyCableMoCo.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Shirley Features:<\/strong> AI Shirley is a 3D avatar that provides interactive answers to questions about the history of Oakley Cabin and the Black tenant families who lived there post-Civil War through the mid-1900s.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AR Experiences:<\/strong> Augmented reality experiences, created by various partners, allow exploration of the cabin interior, placement of farm animals in the outdoor space, and viewing historical videos.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Contest Participation and Judging:<\/strong> Contestants aged 13 and older must post their selfies using the hashtag #SelfieWithShirley and tag relevant accounts for eligibility. Entries are judged on creativity, AR elements, and engagement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Additional Recognition:<\/strong> There is an additional category for AR experiences featuring AI Shirley.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Museum Accessibility and Hours:<\/strong> The Oakley Cabin Museum is open daily from sunrise to sunset, and visitors can access AR content by scanning QR codes with smartphones. The building will reopen for in-person tours in April on specific weekends.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montgomery County Uses Artificial Intelligence to Highlight Black History at Oakley Cabin https:\/\/mocoshow.com\/2026\/02\/08\/montgomery-county-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-highlight-black-history-at-oakley-cabin\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/mocoshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8950.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-185509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185511,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185509\/revisions\/185511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}