{
  "id": 7580183,
  "title": "Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-7580183",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T15:00:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/16/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian-ministers-support-for-hyperscale-factory"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Exclusive: Correspondence requests state MP Melissa Horne to lobby on NextDC’s behalf – but contains alleged AI-created errors Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Victorian jobs minister has accused one of Australia’s largest datacentre companies of using artificial intelligence while requesting she lobby her colleague to approve a massive expansion of its “hyperscale…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/datacentre-giant-accused-of-using-ai-while-lobbying-for-victorian",
        "published": "2026-09-15T15:00:54.000Z"
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  "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."
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