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The AI Backlash Has Arrived — Wall Street, Peppa Pig, and the Populist Revolt
From Bloomberg analysts flagging public anger as a market risk to child actors fighting AI voice cloning and California proposing an AI "public equity" fund — the honeymoon is over. Here's what's driving the populist backlash against artificial intelligence.
Lavamgam AIJun 28, 20267 min read read
The Honeymoon Phase Is Over. Enter the Hangover.
For the last three years, the AI industry has enjoyed a charmed existence. Record investment, breathless media coverage, a stock market that rewarded every "we're adding AI" press release with a bump. The vibe, to borrow a word from the STAT News team's coverage of the BIO 2026 conference in San Diego, was exuberant.
That vibe has curdled.
In the span of a single week in late June 2026, the evidence of a gathering populist backlash against...
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