U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference
U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference Rob Beschizza 3:26 pm Thu Jul 30, 2026 Welcome to Offrica. The map as seen in video posted online A U.S. State Department map of Africa mislabeled every country it depicted during a presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro.
- ▪U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference Rob Beschizza 3:26 pm Thu Jul 30, 2026 Welcome to Offrica.
- ▪The map as seen in video posted online A U.S.
- ▪State Department map of Africa mislabeled every country it depicted during a presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro.
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U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference Rob Beschizza 3:26 pm Thu Jul 30, 2026 Welcome to Offrica. The map as seen in video posted online A U.S. State Department map of Africa mislabeled every country it depicted during a presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro. The slide was so egregiously wrong that multiple attendees whipped out their phones to get a shot of it; Emily Bass, a writer and AIDS expert, wrote about it at length. "The US government's failure to catch this error before displaying the slide at the top international AIDS conference in the world, in a session that featured the Director General of Nigeria as an invited guest, is not only disrespectful to African collaborators, it's also a significant tell." wrote Bass.
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