{"id":217469,"date":"2026-05-20T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/ai-name-reader-skips-hundreds-at-graduation-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:55:10","slug":"ai-name-reader-skips-hundreds-at-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/ai-name-reader-skips-hundreds-at-graduation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Name Reader Skips Hundreds at Graduation Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/ai-name-reader-skips-hundreds-at-graduation-ceremony\">AI Name Reader Skips Hundreds at Graduation Ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/ai-name-reader-skips-hundreds-at-graduation-ceremony\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/ai-name-reader-skips-hundreds-at-graduation-ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-20 15:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Glendale Community College&#8217;s graduation, an AI system malfunctioned, improperly reading, skipping, or mixing up hundreds of graduates&#8217; names, causing students to walk the stage again.<\/li>\n<li>Students and attendees were disheartened, especially those like Grace Reimer and Mariah Chavez who faced significant personal struggles to graduate.<\/li>\n<li>The AI error was publicly addressed and apologized for by College President Tiffany Hernandez and the college&#8217;s leadership, though some graduates felt the apology lacked sincerity.  <\/li>\n<li>The AI mishap served as a stark reminder of the potential issues that AI can cause, even in high-profile college ceremonies, despite the educational institution&#8217;s strict policies against AI misuse among students.<\/li>\n<li>The college later addressed the mishap by having a human read the names correctly during the second round, and issued a formal apology to all affected students.<\/li>\n<li>The incident created an opportunity for humor, as seen in a lighthearted comment from the vice president of academic affairs, Lorelei Konopka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI Name Reader Skips Hundreds at Graduation Ceremony https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/education\/higher-ed\/ai-name-reader-skips-hundreds-at-graduation-ceremony Publish Date: 2026-05-20 15:49:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/56ff731\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5782x2811+0+5\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F89%2F92%2F967a16b04972832c3d3a6da58b66%2Fadobe-express-file-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217469"}],"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=217469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217471,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217469\/revisions\/217471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}