College Grads Furious After an AI Butchers Their Names During Commencement

College graduates were left speechless after officials at New York City's Pace University deployed an AI model to read out their names during a commencement event this month. A video that has since gone viral on social media shows students having a QR on their smartphone scanned, only to have an AI read their name out loud — an irritating use of the tech that turned what should've otherwise been a proud moment in their academic career into what commenters likened to using the self-checkout counter at the supermarket. It's especially galling for an institution that charges north of $50,000 a year in tuition alone. "So even public event speakers are getting replaced," one Reddit user wrote. As the New York Post points out, Pace University ostensibly performed the stunt for the sake of accuracy. Well ahead of the event, officials directed students to visit a website where they could phonetically spell their names and confirm how they were pronounced. "To ensure your name is pronounce ... Read full article.