Dozens walk out as Google boss Pichai addresses Stanford graduates

Some students were protesting against the company's controversial work with the US government on artificial intelligence.

Stanford University graduates protest Google CEO speech, triggering mass walkout and waving Palestine flags

Around 200 Stanford University students walked out of their commencement ceremony in protest of Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his company's Israeli ties.

Stanford students walk out of Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech amid Google’s Israel-linked Project Nimbus

Some students could be heard chanting ‘free, free Palestine’ as they left the commencement speech

By Owen Scott

Sundar Pichai skirts AI and tells students to 'choose optimism' in his Stanford graduation speech

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was careful with his language during his graduation speech at Stanford University. Bloomberg/Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave the commencement address at Stanford on Sunday. He avoided any real mention of AI. Instead, he focused on "optimism." Students have booed recent graduation speakers who talked about the promise of AI. Google is one of the companies leading the AI revolution. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, however, made no mention of that during his comme...

Unsubscribed: 200 Stanford grads opt out of Sundar Pichai's commencement speech

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Video: Sundar Pichai Booed, Students Walk Out At Stanford Graduation Ceremony

As Pichai was introduced, the students stood up from their seats, waved Palestinian flags, blew whistles, and chanted slogans in protest.