Commencement speaker booed after calling AI 'the next industrial revolution'

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The speaker called AI “the next Industrial Revolution,” but most of the graduates were humanities, arts, and media majors. I think the reaction

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It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joined Alex Heath on the <em>Sources</em> podcast (Sept 2026) for a 1h 09m conversation unpacking why OpenAI paused a

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