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The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season

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28 May
The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season
REPORT · WHAT · MIT Technology Review
Other feeds and industry voices
18 May
Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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17 May
University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt delivered the commencement address at the University of Arizona on Friday. And, as his speech veered into talk of AI, he was repeatedly drowned out

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
17 May
University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement

University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
21 May
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta & Tavistock VP Gloria Caulfield were all booed at commencement speeches, as AI backlash is now hitting campus stages🇺🇸

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OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
11 May
Commencement speaker booed after calling AI 'the next industrial revolution'

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Public backlash is going to continue to hamper AI adoption, even after Sam's conversion to Magic at Scale (tm). A technology that threatens one

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
10 Jun
Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers

New college graduates around the country have been booing and heckling commencement speakers who hype up AI. Microsoft would like everyone to talk it out. In a blog post running

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
18 May
Former CEO Of Google Receives Massive Backlash For Praising AI At Graduation

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20 May
⚠️ Glendale College AI skipped dozens of names at graduation

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>On May 15, an AI text-to-speech system deployed at Glendale Community College's graduation ceremony malfunctioned and skipped dozens of

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