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Eric Schmidt found out the hard way that a commencement stage is a tough place to sell artificial intelligence. The former Google CEO was repeatedly booed by University of Arizona graduates as he steered his speech toward AI optimism. It's a telling moment — the people about to enter the job market aren't buying the pitch, and their frustration landed louder than any applause.
That tension between technology and trust carries into our next story. Meta has deleted a one million follower account following a request from the Kuwaiti government. The details remain thin, but the action raises a familiar question about how quickly platforms comply with state pressure — and what that means for users who never see it coming.
And on a quieter note, Apple is reportedly building auto-deleting chat options into its new Siri app, letting users choose to keep conversations for thirty days, one year, or indefinitely. It sounds like a privacy feature, and it may well be — but it's worth remembering that giving users a delete button is also a way of making them feel responsible for what gets stored in the first place.
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