As companies race to weave AI into nearly every industry, some college students are responding with open hostility. At at least three college commencement ceremonies this month, graduates loudly booed invited speakers who praised AI. On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance addressed the incidents in a speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy, acknowledging the growing anti-AI sentiment. On at least five campuses, students have also formed anti-AI groups, gathering with peers to advocate for slowing the technology’s unchecked development. The pushback reflects a widening disconnect between business leaders’ optimism about AI and students’ anxieties over its impact on jobs, creativity and critical thinking. 01:18 Vance warns Air Force graduates of AI 'era of warfare' 00:00 00:00 “Part of the learning process is struggling to understand and break down the content,” said Paul Webster, a rising sophomore studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.…