Stanford Graduates Just Staged a Mass Walkout on Google’s CEO—and It Had Nothing to Do With AI

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, faced backlash during his appearance as the school’s commencement speaker this weekend. Here’s why.

BY MOSES JEANFRANCOIS, NEWS WRITER @MOSESJEANS

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Illustration: Inc; Photo: Getty Images

This weekend, at Stanford University’s commencement ceremony, thousands of students received prestigious degrees. Yet, even though the graduates may have been excited to celebrate their personal achievements, not everyone was as enthusiastic about the school’s invited speaker: Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Roughly 200 students brought banners protesting Google’s handling of issues tied to Palestine and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). When Pichai took to the stage, students began to get up and exit the........

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