pushback
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Perhaps, Huang’s position as AI’s biggest spokesman was best on display late this summer amid growing populist pushback to AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
There is no evidence that AI systems are conscious, deserve rights or welfare, he said, and he is surprised by the pushback to his September essay criticizing Anthropic for speculating about Claude’s consciousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
One sign that men are no longer widely viewed as the default face of political power is that women are competing for that power in larger numbers, and with less pushback or even notice.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
He added: "The fact that they're not getting more robust pushback reinforces the wrong message."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
She listened to the war reports on Radio Biafra more carefully, as if there might be clues about Ugwu in the ebullient voice reporting the pushback of the vandals, the successes of gallant Biafran soldiers.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Notice how persistent the resistance has been, with pushbacks in October 2024, February 2025, and again last June.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Gascón’s data-driven pushbacks have done little to chip at public perceptions of crime run amok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
In January more than 100 NGOs and 500 activists and cultural figures urged Mr Tusk to end pushbacks and said his government was condoning human rights violations if it did not do so.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024
Asked if Greece was wittingly engaging in pushbacks, Mitsotakis said: "Absolutely not."
From Reuters ● May 24, 2023
Greece has strenuously denied it engages in the practice known as pushbacks.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
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