{
  "id": 7724281,
  "title": "Billions risk being locked out of the AI revolution due to smartphone costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/billions-risk-being-locked-out-of-the-ai-revolution-due-to-smartphone",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-16T06:15:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/09/16/billions-risk-being-locked-out-of-the-ai-revolution-due-to-smartphone-costs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new GSMA report finds that 3.4 billion people remain offline despite living within mobile broadband coverage, as rising component costs push smartphones further out of reach for the world's poorest.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}