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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Faced Protests During His Stanford Commencement Speech. It Wasn't Because of AI
Gizmodo • • business
Key Points:
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced protests during his commencement speech at Stanford, with over 100 graduates walking out and chanting slogans supporting Palestine and criticizing the company’s involvement with Israel.
- The protests are linked to Google and Amazon’s joint $1.2 billion contract, known as Project Nimbus, which provides cloud computing and AI services to the Israeli military and government, drawing criticism for its lack of transparency.
- This incident follows a similar controversy involving former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who was booed during a University of Arizona commencement speech amid concerns over AI and his alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
- Stanford graduates also displayed banners referencing ICE, reflecting ongoing employee and student concerns about Google’s involvement with U.S. government agencies and immigration enforcement policies.
