State Department says it made ‘an unfortunate error’ when it mislabeled countries on map of Africa
The US State Department used a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that incorrectly labeled the countries shown on it. The State Department said this was an error and apologized, taking responsibility for the mistake. The map may have been created using AI tools.
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2 developments- Jul 30State Department says it made ‘an unfortunate error’ when it mislabeled countries on map of Africa
- Jul 31A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country at global AIDS conference
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