What a Reuters headline: "US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference" https://t.co/QcIf2JY6Rv pic.twitter.com/3kEYndmlle
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) July 30, 2026
Shit happens, right?A State Dept spokesperson: “This was an unfortunate error caused by a team member who hastily altered the slide deck immediately before the presentation…..We take full responsibility for the confusion and misrepresentation it caused for attendees including our African partners.”
— Hümeyra Pamuk (@humeyra_pamuk) July 30, 2026
I gather Reuters thinks the map was a product of AI- which leads to the question, Are we sure the I really stands for Intelligence and not Ignorance? or Ineptitude?
ReplyDeleteI read about the AI connection, too, after I posted. It just makes this story better. Anyone with an atlas (or internet access) could identify the countries of Africa for a map. But apparently AI can’t be relied on to do it….
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