U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference

At the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. State Department presented a map of Africa where every country was mislabeled. Boing Boing reports that the error was so egregious, multiple attendees photographed it—a gaffe later detailed by writer and AIDS expert Emily Bass.

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