backlash
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Speakers promoting AI are getting booed at universities, voters are rebelling against data centers, and even AI-friendly Trump administration officials are starting to retreat as an artificial intelligence backlash gathers pace across the United States.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
In many communities, the result has been a vigorous and vocal backlash, including in California.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Schmidt is not alone in drawing backlash over the issue.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Mayor Mamdani also met with other New York CEOs, including Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan, following backlash to a pied-à-terre tax video.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
“I was terrified of a backlash, of people asking me, ‘Are you even human?’
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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