State Department Used an AI-Generated Map That Got Every African Country Wrong

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