"As local outlet reported, students and families at the Phoenix-area school were left disoriented when the names being read over the ceremony's loudspeakers failed to match those of the students actually walking across the stage. The names displayed on the ceremony's jumbotron were also mismatched."
""I also didn't hear a lot of cheering, and I know my family is a pretty loud family," graduating student Grace Reimer told AZFamily, explaining that she didn't quite realize what went wrong until she heard her own name announced as she watched another student walked to receive their diploma. "Yeah. That's not right," she told the outlet. "It definitely made me feel uneasy.""
"After some starts and stops, college president Tiffany Hernandez took to the podium to reveal that the error was made by a "new AI system" the school was using, prompting a wave of boos and jeers. "That is a lesson learned for us," Hernandez continued. She then noted, optimistically, that the students whose names were bungled "were able to walk the stage and get a picture, which is what I would hope is the most meaningful.""
""I am so sorry," said Hernandez. "There's plenty of opportunities, I hope, to take some really good pictures and to celebrate you with your loved ones as well." She later offered that students could re-walk with their names re-read, should they choose to."
An AI tool used during a graduation ceremony read students’ names over loudspeakers and displayed names on a jumbotron. The announced names did not match the students walking across the stage, and the jumbotron also showed mismatched names. A graduating student reported feeling uneasy after hearing her own name announced for another student. The college president later said the mistake came from a new AI system and apologized to students and families. The president noted that students still walked the stage and received pictures, and she offered the possibility for students to re-walk if they wanted their names read correctly again.
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