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Five Times AI Hallucinations Embarrassed Governments

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Last month, South Africa withdrew its Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy 17 days after it was published because the document cited fake research, created by AI. The incident tarnished a...

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Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments

Last month, South Africa withdrew its Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy 17 days after it was published because the document cited fake research, created by AI. The incident tarnished a...

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South Africa Withdrew Its First National AI Policy because It Was Written with AI and Has Invented Quotes: 6 of 67 References Do Not Exist

The South African government published on April 10, 2026 in the Official Gazette its draft AI national policy for public consultation. Sixteen days later, on April 26, the Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies withdrew it. The reason is as ironic as it is instructive: the regulatory document on the responsible use of artificial intelligence contained academic references generated by artificial intelligence that do not exist. TechSp…

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South Africa Cancels AI Policy After Evidence That It was Partially Written by AI

South Africa recently withdrew its national policy on artificial intelligence after it was discovered that part of its content had been written by AI, using fictional sources.

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Oddity Central broke the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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