The corporate disconnect just hit an absolute peak today.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai tried to hype up the Google I/O 2026 keynote by posting a stylized, glitchy, AI-animated video of himself walking down theater steps on X. The attempt to look cutting-edge completely backfired as users pointed out how unsettling and robotic the processing made a basic human activity look.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/ceo-sundar-pichai-shares-clip-ahead-of-google-i/o-2026-the-quiet-before-/articleshow/131202414.cms

People are relentlessly mocking the tech executive for needing an advanced AI model just to simulate walking down a flight of stairs naturally.

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