'People thought it would be really difficult for me': Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai dodges AI at Stanford graduation speech — but hundreds of students walk out in protest at Google's Palestine policies
- Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gives graduation speech at Stanford University
- Unlike other speakers, he doesn't mention AI
- Pichai provides life guidance and lessons for the new grads
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai ducked the recent trend of speakers mentioning the benefits of AI at university graduation speeches, but still faced a protest about Google's work in the Middle East.
Pichai was giving the graduation address at California's Stanford University, where he chose to not mention the hot technology trend of the moment, but instead focus on his own life experience.
However reports from the ceremony claimed his speech was disrupted by a walk-out of around 200 students protesting about Google's role in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Life lessons from Sundar Pichai
Pichai did in fact briefly hint at mentioning AI without mentioning AI, noting how, "people have also been giving me a lot of advice on what to say. Actually,...
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