{
  "id": 7966609,
  "title": "South African boards are sleepwalking into AI lock-in",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/south-african-boards-are-sleepwalking-into-ai-lock-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T06:06:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/south-african-boards-sleepwalking-ai-lock-in/286204/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Boards are deepening AI dependence without pricing the cost, the lock-in or the foreign kill switch.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}