Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Graduates jeering AI are ‘telling us what we need to hear’
Smith says graduates’ anti-AI protests reflect real worries about entry-level jobs as Microsoft argues workers and companies must adapt to automation.
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Microsoft's president says Gen Z's AI backlash should be a wake-up call for Big Tech
Microsoft President Brad Smith says Silicon Valley executives should listen to college students' recent protests against AI.Kazuhiro NOGI / POOL / AFP via Getty ImagesMicrosoft President Brad Smith has addressed Gen Z's growing backlash against AI.Smith said graduates are right to worry about AI's impact on entry-level jobs.He echoed a newly optimistic tech refrain: AI can boost workers, not just replace them.Microsoft President Brad Smith has a…
Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Graduates jeering AI are ‘telling us what we need to hear’
Brad Smith speaks at a Microsoft Elevate event at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry in 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The interests of Microsoft and graduates rebelling against AI are actually aligned. That was one takeaway for Brad Smith, Microsoft president and vice chair, from a recent return to his alma mater, Princeton University, for its reunion weekend. Seniors wore class jackets labeled “100 percent cotton” and “100 percent…
Brad Smith Hears the Boos: Why Grads Jeering AI Signal a Reckoning for Tech's Job Promises
Microsoft President Brad Smith sat down with reporters this week after a wave of college commencements turned awkward. Graduates across the country booed speakers who praised artificial intelligence. The jeers carried a message, Smith concluded. They were telling technology leaders what they needed to hear. The Class of 2026 has made its views plain. At the University of Arizona, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced loud disapproval when he spok…
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