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Friday, July 31, 2026

AI Messing-up Africa Map

From Grauniad of the UK 


Dumb AI has struck again 

Maybe the AI tool they used was trained by people who know nothing or very little about Africa. A case of artificial stupidity combining with human ignorance. 



A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference in Brazil ⁠this week, ​causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online.
Reuters viewed a video of the presentation given at the Aids 2026 conference in ⁠Rio de Janeiro, which shows the errant map displayed halfway during a presentation about the state department’s new health agreements.
A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included ⁠in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools. The ​company said it was investigating the report.

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