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Dozens walk out as Google boss Pichai addresses Stanford graduates

  • Dozens of students — reports say about 200 — walked out of Stanford’s graduation while Google CEO Sundar Pichai spoke, with signs accusing Google of working with ICE and protesting company ties to the US government.
  • The walkout is part of a broader trend this year of campus pushback against tech leaders and AI, with speakers like former Google CEO Eric Schmidt getting booed at other commencements.
  • Pichai, a Stanford alum, largely avoided discussing AI and quipped about the expected protests, joking about "the last two letters of my last name."
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