This College Used AI for Their Graduation Ceremony It Skipped Students' Names
May 19, 2026
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as posted by the channelThis community college in Arizona used an AI program to call graduates up during their commencement ceremony. It glitched, and some students were not called onto the stage. "We're using a new AI reader. So that is a lesson learned for us," Glendale Community College president Tiffany Hernandez tried to explain during the event as she was met by boos in the crowd. It's the latest in a series of viral graduation videos where students have booed the mention of AI by commencement speakers. This case, however, is unique as it shows how AI failed to perform a simple task on a day many see as a major milestone.
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