TOI correspondent from Washington: For years, American commencement (convocation) speakers could safely rely on formulaic speeches involving inspirational cliches, autobiographical struggles, and exhortations to new graduates to “dream big” and not fear failure. In 2026, there’s a new guard rail: mention artificial intelligence at your own risk.

Arizona students reject ex-Google exec's positive words on AI

Apparently, students don’t love cheering on a technology that might prevent them from getting jobs.

The rise of AI has created cognitive dissonance among a generation resentful of AI for taking jobs, but feeling like they have to use the technology to survive.

Artificial intelligence has becoming an unwelcome topic at college commencements. Graduates at several colleges and universities have interrupted speakers with boos when AI is…

Students are voicing deep concern about the technology’s impact on jobs, inequality and democracy

Many Americans are signaling disapproval of the technology amid fears that it will eclipse already competitive entry-level jobs.

As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At sev...

Graduates don't seem to want to hear about the technology on their big day.

Commencement Boos for AI Platitudes: Is the next generation of college graduates justified in jeering at the coming industrial revolution?

"What happened?" one commencement speaker asked during her speech after students booed her for saying artificial intelligence was the next industrial revolution.

His brutal justification for massive AI jobs cuts will harden opposition to the technology. It also reminds us what the AI investment boom is really all about.

Commencement speakers who bring up the sweeping changes that artificial intelligence is driving are facing boos from the Class of 2026.

As we see it, young people today have three primary paths to choose from...

As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several...

"There is a fear in your generation that the future has already been written, that the machines are coming, that the jobs are evaporating."

Simmering student fear and anxiety over how artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the job market—and humanity—came to a boiling point during some commencement ceremonies…

Recent commencement speakers including Google's Eric Schmidt have been booed for praising AI and encouraging students to use it as they embark on their careers.

TOI correspondent from Washington: For years, American commencement (convocation) speakers could safely rely on formulaic speeches involving inspirational cliches,…

‘They deserve everything they’re getting.’ (Boos.)

It's graduation season for universities across the US, which has bred an unexpected viral trend: graduates jeering at artificial intelligence.