Stanford graduates walk out during Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech in protest
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Summary
Stanford University graduates walked out on Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech, protesting Google's broader politics and chanting "Free Palestine" as they exited. Unlike previous commencement speakers Eric Schmidt and Gloria Caulfield, Pichai did not address AI in his speech. The walkout appears to be a political protest against Google's policies rather than a response to the speech content itself.
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Unlike Eric Schmidt or Gloria Caulfield, Pichai didn't mention AI.
Instead, it seems the students were protesting Google's broader politics, and chanted 'Free Palestine' over Pichai's speech as they filed out.
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