{
  "id": 17774418,
  "title": "VAST AI investment scheme collapses, leaving victims in the dark",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/vast-ai-investment-scheme-collapses-leaving-victims-in-the-dark",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T08:18:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GroundUp",
    "slug": "groundup",
    "url": "https://groundup.org.za/article/vast-ai-investment-scheme-collapses-leaving-victims-in-the-dark/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After promising to turn R50,000 into R350,000 in two days, the scheme has gone dark, and victims are left with nothing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}