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Thank you to Bucknell University for inviting me to be this year's commencement speaker. And congratulations to the Class of 2025!  Watch the speech on YouTube. Thirty-two...

Drew Houston's Commencement address

'I stopped trying to make my life perfect, and instead tried to make it interesting.'

2026 in LLMs (so far)

On Friday I gave the closing keynote at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San Jose. I tied together the key trends from the past year into a chronological …

The University As We Know It Is Finished

That’s a good thing.

Graduation Speaker Shocked When She’s Loudly Booed by Students for Saying AI Is the Future

UCF's commencement speaker was visibly shocked when graduating students booed AI as the "next Industrial Revolution."

Ronny Chieng on Instagram: "@harvard College Class Day 2026 featured speaker Ronny Chieng speaks about A.I. Video: Harvard University"

37K likes, 423 comments - ronnychieng on May 28, 2026: "@harvard College Class Day 2026 featured speaker Ronny Chieng speaks about A.I. Video: Harvard University".

Ronny Chieng Address @ Harvard Class Day 2026 (Transcript)

Read the full transcript of Emmy Award-winning actor Ronny Chieng’s remarks to the Harvard Class of 2026 during the Harvard College Class Day on Wednesday, May 27th, 2026. INTRODUCTION RONNY CHIENG: Thank you. Keep it

2027 Annual Meeting Presidential Program Theme

Gap Week: March 20, 2026

Hey folks! I was traveling this week to give an invited talk at Western Michigan University, so I don’t have a blog post ready for you. That’ll also probably be the case for next week (…

Gap Week: March 20, 2026

Hey folks! I was traveling this week to give an invited talk at Western Michigan University, so I don’t have a blog post ready for you. That’ll also probably be the case for next week (…

June 2026 announcements - Partner Center announcements

June 2026 announcements for Microsoft Partner Center including new capabilities, promotions, offers, markets, or changes to existing offers.

Two Takes on the Eternal September

September, and with it the start of classes at most educational institutions in the United States, is almost upon us. In honor of this, I’d like to look back this week on the September that started twenty-eight years ago in 1993 and is still continuing: Usenet’s Eternal September. Twenty-eight years in, I still don’t think we understand exactly what the implications of this change were, nor have we decided what direction Internet communities should turn in response. I don’t have all the answers either, but I’d like to suggest two useful ways of thinking about it.

Ronny Chieng on Instagram: "@harvard College Class Day 2026 featured speaker Ronny Chieng discusses the advantages and disadvantages of A.I Video: Harvard University"

1M likes, 22K comments - ronnychieng on June 4, 2026: "@harvard College Class Day 2026 featured speaker Ronny Chieng discusses the advantages and disadvantages of A.I Video: Harvard University".

Local-First Conf 2025

Join us for the world's first local-first conference. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin, May 26-28 2025.

Event:Opening (Access) Night NYC 2026

Join us for "Opening (Access) Night" as Wikimedia New York City and the Electronic Frontier Foundation celebrate Open Access Week!