Straight from the codex
value(string|array) – Custom field value. It can be an array only when compare is ‘IN’, ‘NOT IN’, ‘BETWEEN’, or ‘NOT BETWEEN’.
SOLUTION
Change compare' => '!=' to compare' => 'NOT IN'
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