US apologizes after AI-marked map mislabels Africa at AIDS conference
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At a Rio de Janeiro HIV/AIDS conference, a US State Department slide showed an Africa map with six mislabelled or distorted countries (including Nigeria, Mozambique, Ivory Coast and Malawi; Uganda roughly in place but misshapen; Cameroon listed in the key but not linked to a country). The graphic, watermark‑marked as AI-generated, resulted from a hurried slide edit and was described by Washington as an "unfortunate error," for which the State Department apologized to attendees and African partners. The incident highlights ongoing US foreign aid cuts and Pepfar restructuring amid broader scrutiny of diplomacy and aid policy.
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