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PublishedMay 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs

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University graduates are booing and heckling corporate executives who praise AI during their commencement ceremonies, and the only people who seem to be genuinely surprised by this are the executives themselves. In a procession of viral videos, 2026 commencement speakers like former Google CEO Eric
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