{
  "id": 770748,
  "title": "A Farmer Trusted AI’s Advice. It Cost Him 25 Acres of Crops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/a-farmer-trusted-ais-advice-it-cost-him-25-acres-of-crops",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:58:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRepublic",
    "slug": "techrepublic",
    "url": "https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-farmer-ai-pesticide-advice-crop-loss-china-apac/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Chinese farmer reportedly lost nearly 25 acres of sesame after following AI pesticide advice, highlighting the risks of trusting chatbot recommendations. The post A Farmer Trusted AI’s Advice. It Cost Him 25 Acres of Crops appeared first on TechRepublic .",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Farmer ends up killing 25 acres of his crops after trusting AI on herbicide advice",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/farmer-ends-up-killing-25-acres-of-his-crops-after-trusting-ai-on",
        "published": "2026-08-12T18:20:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}