{
  "id": 8178236,
  "title": "Minister defends TH-AI Passport programme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/minister-defends-th-ai-passport-programme-8178236",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T23:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post",
    "slug": "bangkok-post",
    "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3321710/minister-defends-thai-passport-programme"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob has defended the TH-AI Passport programme, saying that more than 1 million people registered during its first week, while daily concurrent users exceeded 600,000 and more than 1 million AI courses and learning materials were accessed.",
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  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bangkok Post Business",
        "title": "Minister defends TH-AI Passport programme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/minister-defends-th-ai-passport-programme",
        "published": "2026-09-17T23:14:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}