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Google CEO Sundar Pichai passes on artificial intelligence in Stanford commencement address​

By Matthew Brown, Tech Reporter
June 14, 2026

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet and a Stanford alumnus, delivers the commencement address during Stanford University's graduation ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., on June 14, 2026.
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For college commencement speakers this year, mentioning how artificial intelligence is changing the job market or the world in general has been a surefire way to get booed. So when Google CEO Sundar Pichaitook Stanford University’s graduation stage Sunday morning as the keynote speaker, it was notable he didn’t mention AI at all.

Though the booming technology may seem like a natural fit for graduates of the prestigious university located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Pichai instead spoke about his own life experience. Still, the soft-spoken chief executive didn't completely escape some backlash.

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, and Stanford graduate, speaks at this years graduation ceremony at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet and a Stanford alumnus, delivers the commencement address during Stanford University's graduation ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., on June 14, 2026.
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Stanford graduates parade down the "Wacky Walk" before the Stanford graduation ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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Stanford graduates walk out in protest during the commencement address by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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Stanford graduates walk out in protest during the commencement address by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet and a Stanford alumnus, delivers the commencement address during Stanford University's graduation ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., on June 14, 2026.
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An attendee of the Stanford graduation wears pro-Palestine memoribelia, in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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The stadium is full at the 2026 Stanford graduation, in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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An graduate of wears a kafia during the 2026 Stanford graduation ceremony, in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet and a Stanford alumnus, delivers the commencement address during Stanford University's graduation ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., on June 14, 2026.
Lizzy Myers/For SFGATE

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Friends and family cheer on graduates at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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Around 200 students walked out as Pichai took the stage, and smaller groups in the audience waved banners, blew whistles and waved Palestinian flags before also leaving mid-speech. Pro-Palestianian protesters condemned the company’s ties with the Israeli government, particularly its controversial $1.2 trillion cloud-computing deal with the country in 2021, known as Project Nimbus. The walkouts follow other Stanford commencements over the last three years where students have demonstrated in response to Israel’s war in Gaza and the university’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus.

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Stanford graduates walk out in protest during the commencement address by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in Palo Alto, Calif. on June 14, 2026.
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For at least the second year in a row, students walking out on Pichai hosted their own “People’s Commencement.” This year’s event featured activist Mahmoud Khalil as its keynote speaker. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested and detained Khalil for more than 100 days last year, threatening his deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on Columbia University’s campus in 2024.

After the demonstrations quieted down, Pichai was largely well-received. Stories of his own failures and triumphs from his earlier years, like immigrating to California, dropping his doctorate in favor of a master's degree, and struggles when he started at Google were greeted with scattered laughter and applause.

One of Pichai’s predecessors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, wasn’t received as warmly when he spoke at the University of Arizona commencement last month. Graduates booed when Schmidt said that “AI is going to touch everything,” even "if you don't care about science."

In a recent New York Times “Hard Fork” appearance, interviewers asked Pichai what his “boo strategy” would be in light of Schmidt’s snafu. But Pichai took themes of technological advancement in a different route, focusing more broadly on accessibility, including an anecdote about rural women in India using smartphones to learn new trades.

“Seeing computing change people’s lives as it had changed mine was the most exciting thing in the world to me,” Pichai said.

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I remember sitting through a graduation ceremony (wasn't my graduating class so I didn't pay too much attention to the event lineup before attending) when they brought up a jeet to give the commencement speech. There's like almost no Indians at this school either. He didn't have the accent, but he really had to rub it in that he had a wife, and he gave off an arrogant and insufferable tone. If there is nothing else, I at least respect these students for giving a fuck you to that guy by marching out on his speech. Such a repulsive group...
 
Sneed Oils dijo:
he gave off an arrogant and insufferable tone.
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this is what probably annoys me the most...like who the fuck do you think you are? you come from a literal shit land, your women are ugly by default, and you guys are dumb as bricks, but think you guys are hot shit (no pun)?

during my job search late last year I became disillusioned on how many fucking indians are being utilized by agencies on job postings. 99.9% of the time I couldn't understand what the fuck they were saying, and they were overly aggressive for my docs yet provided nothing in return. or I'd start getting emails about opportunities that were so far off I'd email back asking how in the fuck do you think this is a fit for my resume?
 
Huh... it's hard to take sides here. I detest pajeets, but I also detest entitled little nepo baby trust fund shitbags like these students. A genuine conundrum.
 
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during my job search late last year I became disillusioned on how many fucking indians are being utilized by agencies on job postings. 99.9% of the time I couldn't understand what the fuck they were saying, and they were overly aggressive for my docs yet provided nothing in return. or I'd start getting emails about opportunities that were so far off I'd email back asking how in the fuck do you think this is a fit for my resume?
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It's fucking wild. The pro jeet crowd likes to sometimes retreat to the motte of "they're good at coding, they can do that". Like they're uniquely talented in a way the US economy could collectively benefit from overall. Which is silly.

But OK let's say they're good at coding and we can exploit that. I still see jeets with thick, gibberish accents in HR roles. How the fuck can anyone justify hiring someone bad at communication, for a role where the whole fucking job is communication?
 
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Brown foreigners that shouldn't be in the country are upset a brown foreigner that shouldn't be in the country is talking at a college
 
Marvin dijo:
It's fucking wild. The pro jeet crowd likes to sometimes retreat to the motte of "they're good at coding, they can do that". Like they're uniquely talented in a way the US economy could collectively benefit from overall. Which is silly.

But OK let's say they're good at coding and we can exploit that. I still see jeet with thick, gibberish accents in HR roles. How the fuck can anyone justify hiring someone bad at communication, for a role where the whole fucking job is communication?
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Coding isn't that hard, normal people just assume it is and are blown away that jeets are able to do it and assume jeets are uniquely talented.

In reality they're just bug people who are willing to live in squalor and the lie is pushed by tech companies because they can use jeets to undercut Americans.
 
American engineers really should be walking out on Indian executives. As if those guys are trying to hire them?
 
"One of America’s top engineering schools"

Maybe several decades ago. Whenever I see a list of top schools I'm just reminded that a lot of people don't know how college rankings work. Did you know that being selective in admissions is a factor? Therefore its in the interests of colleges to game this incredibly easy metric by telling a lot of people to apply just so they can deny them?
 
seri0us dijo:
What?
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He posts on a web forum using text to speech and doesn't care how retarded it makes his posts turn out. What's weird is I've never seen modern text to speech get it this wrong, this often, so whatever he's using sucks or he actually talks like this.
 
Damn, a jeet running one of the country's most octopus-like corporations, versus a bunch of Freirean mind-rotted Islamo-Marxist cloven-hooved spawn. Too bad the earth couldn't have opened up and swallowed every single person there.
 
Vibralldo dijo:
Coding isn't that hard, normal people just assume it is and are blown away that jeets are able to do it and assume jeets are uniquely talented.

In reality they're just bug people who are willing to live in squalor and the lie is pushed by tech companies because they can use jeets to undercut Americans.
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Jeets also particularly love to engage in credential stacking. They'll load up on a shitload of certs that don't actually mean shit for the role (and probably weren't even obtained legitimately, if actually obtained at all) that look impressive to the first filter of HR recruiter or algortihm who doesn't actually know what a credential entails. It's gotten really bad because they just stuff the inboxes, the only time I ever get a call from a recruiter after sending in an application is if it's somebody with a tech background.
 
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