US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

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During a State Department presentation at the Aids 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro this week, a US government map mislabeled every African country, including placing Nigeria inland and relocating Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire. The State Department took responsibility for the error, stating a team member hastily changed the slide deck, and acknowledged the map was generated using AI tools, which OpenAI is investigating.

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State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in BrazilA 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 a

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

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