{"id":228328,"date":"2026-01-15T11:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=228328"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:27:56","slug":"january-2026-presidents-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/january-2026-presidents-report\/","title":{"rendered":"January President\u2019s Report: Inaugural Address, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Chancellor, <abbr>AI<\/abbr> Chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  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