Around 200 Stanford University students walked out of their commencement ceremony in protest of Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his company's Israeli ties.

Video filmed by the BBC showed dozens of people walking out, some carrying signs expressing concern about the company's controversial work with the US government.

Stanford students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech and joined a separate “People’s Commencement” in protest of Google’s ties to Israel.

Hundreds of Stanford University students reportedly walked out of their graduation ceremony as Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage to deliver a keynote address. Around 200 students walked out as Pichai took the stage during Sunday’s event ,

Some students were protesting against the company's controversial work with the US government on artificial intelligence.

Project Nimbus, the $1.2 billion contract between Amazon and Google and the Israeli government to provide Israel and its military with artificial intelligence and cloud services, was first introduced in 2021.

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 Pichai took Stanford University's graduation stage Sunday morning as the keynote speaker,

Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave a graduation speech filled with optimism, but scores of Stanford students protested his presence and his company’s actions.