Scott Borchetta, the Big Machine Records founder who was once responsible for launching Taylor Swift's early career, was met with loud boos during a graduation ceremony at Middle Tennessee State University in Tennessee on 10 May 2026 after telling students that artificial intelligence will reshape their future jobs and the creative industries.
The response inside the Murphy Athletic Centre in Murfreesboro quickly turned tense as the 63-year-old music executive urged graduates to treat AI as a tool rather than a threat, warning that the industry they were entering would not resemble the one that existed even a decade ago.
