provoked

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However, their report has also provoked a vicious backlash from equally esteemed scientists who label it as fundamentally flawed.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Or maybe you think about the brutal reaction his work provoked from conservatives.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

A Reddit-like pseudo social network for OpenClaw agents called Moltbook, where chatbots converse, has also grabbed headlines and provoked soul-searching over AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

At Tuesday’s unveiling event, Arm’s customers, including Meta and OpenAI, agreed that the growth of agentic AI has provoked astronomical demand for computing power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

His claims provoked a widespread concern with the replication of his experiments precisely because the viability of Aristotelian orthodoxy was now at stake.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton