{"slug": "ai-is-the-greatest-money-wasting-scheme-humanity-has-ever-invented", "title": "AI is the greatest money-wasting scheme humanity has ever invented", "summary": "The Telegraph's security systems blocked access to an article arguing that artificial intelligence represents the greatest money-wasting scheme in human history, preventing readers from viewing the full story. The website prompted users to disable VPNs, switch browsers, or use mobile devices to access the content, citing unusual activity on the connection. The blocked piece challenges the value of AI investments amid growing industry spending.", "body_md": "# Access Issue Help\n\nYou are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following:\n\n- If you are connected to the internet using a VPN client we recommend disconnecting/disabling it.\n- Visit The Telegraph website using a different web browser (e.g. Chrome, Safari, or Firefox).\n- Visit The Telegraph website from your mobile device or from a different PC.\n\nIf you’re still having trouble, please contact our Customer Support Team using the following link and quoting the Akamai Reference Number (ak_ref_id) below.\n\n[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/contact-us/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/contact-us/)\n\n[{\"message\":\"You are not authorized to access this content without a valid TollBit Token. Please follow this URL to find out more.\",\"url\":\"https://tollbit.dev\",\"metadata\":{\"ak_ref_id\":\"0.52c1102.1780793186.aa0348e5\"}}]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-the-greatest-money-wasting-scheme-humanity-has-ever-invented", "canonical_source": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/04/ai-is-the-greatest-money-wasting-scheme-humanity-has-ever-i/", "published_at": "2026-06-07 00:08:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-07 00:46:28.815520+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["The Telegraph", "Akamai"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-the-greatest-money-wasting-scheme-humanity-has-ever-invented", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-the-greatest-money-wasting-scheme-humanity-has-ever-invented.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-the-greatest-money-wasting-scheme-humanity-has-ever-invented.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-the-greatest-money-wasting-scheme-humanity-has-ever-invented.jsonld"}}