State Department Takes "Full Responsibility" for AI-Generated Map That Mislabeled Every African Country at AIDS 2026

At the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, a State Department slide showed every African country mislabeled — Nigeria in the Sahara, Mozambique near Somalia. Reuters found an OpenAI watermark on the image. The department took "full responsibility," blaming a last-minute deck change. Jeff Graham, who oversees PEPFAR, was presenting. The error raises credibility concerns ahead of African health negotiations.