UF April Fools' Day joke announces HiPerGator AI supercomputer takeover
Did you fall for it? The University of Florida put out a series of April Fools' Day "breaking news" broadcasts Thursday on Twitter announcing that the new HiPerGator AI artificial intelligence supercomputer would take over decision-making for President Kent Fuchs, 18 vice presidents and Florida Gators football head coach Dan Mullen. The videos featured segments of various leaders and students poking fun at each other and the joke. One student said in jest, "the computer moved my classes to TikTok," while Fuchs did the "new" Florida cheer: "Two bits, four bits, six bits a gigabyte. All fo...