https://preview.redd.it/yt26izr3zl7h1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=d49db6b96264dabf17c94434cd53946cef129310 Hundreds of graduating Stanford students staged a walk-out during Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech on June 15. Approximately 200 graduates jeered, blew whistles, and left the stadium to protest Google’s growing ties with military and immigration agencies. The protest targeted Project Nimbus, Google’s $1.2 billion joint cloud contract with Israel, and a new “no-red-lines” Pentagon AI contract signed by Google DeepMind. The graduates stated they would not listen to a billionaire profiting from surveillance and warfare. Pichai, who focused his speech on his personal childhood in India, avoided mentioning artificial intelligence entirely during the ceremony. The protest highlights the growing resistance in academic institutions against corporate defense partnerships. Source: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-stanford-protest-graduation submitted by /u/andrewaltair
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