backlash
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Some of the backlash came after AI-generated photos appeared on social media, imagining well-dressed affluent women as prospective customers for the service.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Mullin said she sees "some simmering roots of an AI backlash" but not a strong one yet, so it is hard to foresee how this anger will play out and affect the way people vote.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Brockman said the contribution, which sparked some backlash against the company, was his idea.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
"Now you have got to handle a little bit of the backlash of what has happened since."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Again, racial equality was being forced upon the South by the federal government, and by 1956, Southern white opposition to desegregation mushroomed into a vicious backlash.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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