Stanford graduates protest Sundar Pichai's commencement speech over Google's defense contracts with Israel and ICE
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Lucas Ropek
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced protests from about 200 Stanford graduates during his commencement speech, with students walking out and booing over Google's defense contracts. The protest targeted Project Nimbus — a $1.2 billion cloud and AI contract with the Israeli military shared with Amazon — and Google's relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The incident highlights ongoing tensions around tech companies' involvement in defense and surveillance, with AI being a central point of contention.
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bskyStanford graduates protest Sundar Pichai's commencement speech over Google's defense contracts with Israel and ICEtechcrunch.comKey quotes
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The focus of the protest was Google's defense ties — including Project Nimbus, the controversial $1.2 billion contract, shared with Amazon, to provide cloud and AI services to the Israeli military
AI is once again at the heart of a college graduation protest — this time for the technology's use in Google's defense contracts.
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