How spin-orbit torques emerge from materials with weak spin-orbit coupling (e.g., light metals) is an open question in spintronics. Here, we report on a field-like spin-orbit torque (i.e., in-plane spin-orbit field transverse to the current axis) in SiO2-sandwiched permalloy (Py), with the top Py-SiO2 interface incorporating ultrathin Ti or Cu. In both SiO2/Py/Ti/SiO2 and SiO2/Py/Cu/SiO2, this spin-orbit field opposes the classical Oersted field. While the magnitude of the spin-orbit field is at least a factor of 3 greater than the Oersted field, we do not observe evidence for a significant damping-like torque in SiO2/Py/Ti/SiO2 or SiO2/Py/Cu/SiO2. Our findings point to contributions from a Rashba-Edelstein effect or spin-orbit precession at the (Ti, Cu)-inserted interface.2 An electric current in a material with spin-orbit coupling generally gives rise to a non-equilibrium spin accumulation [1-6], which can then exert torquesi.e., spin-orbit torques (SOTs)on magnetization in an adjacent magnetic medium [7][8][9]. SOTs are often classified into two symmetries: damping-like SOT that either counters or enhances magnetic relaxation, and field-like SOT (or "spin-orbit field") that acts similarly to a magnetic field. Next generations of nanomagnetic computing devices may benefit from an improved understanding of mechanisms for SOTs and the discovery of new thin-film systems enabling large SOTs.While most efforts have focused on conductors known for strong spin-orbit coupling (e.g., 5d transition metals, topological insulators, etc.) [7,8], recent reports have shown SOTs in ferromagnets interfaced with materials that are not expected to exhibit significant spin-orbit coupling [10][11][12][13][14]. For example, a large damping-like SOT has been reported in ferromagnetic Ni80Fe20 (permalloy, Py) interfaced with partially oxidized Cu [10,11]; quantum-interference transport measurements have revealed that Cu with an oxidation gradient can, in fact, exhibit enhanced spin-orbit coupling comparable to that in heavier metals (e.g., Au) [15]. As another example of SOTs that emerge by incorporating seemingly weak spin-orbit materials, Py interfaced with a Ti seed layer and Al2O3 capping layer exhibits a sizable field-like SOT [12]. The key observed features of this spin-orbit field in Ti/Py/Al2O3 [12] are: (1) it points in-plane and transverse to the current axis, irrespective of the magnetization orientation in Py; (2) its magnitude scales inversely with the Py thickness, i.e., it is interfacial in origin; (3) it is modified significantly by the addition of an insertion layer (e.g., Cu) at the Py-Al2O3 interface. Ref. [12] claims that this spin-orbit field is governed by a Rashba-Edelstein effect (REE) [1,5,16,17] at the Py/Al2O3 and Cu/Al2O3 interfaces. However, the complicated stack structures of SiO2(substrate)/Ti/Py/(Cu/)Al2O3 with multiple dissimilar interfaces in Ref.[12] obscure the mechanisms of the spin-orbit field, particularly the roles played by the Ti and Cu layers.Here, by using simpler stack structures, we gain i...