South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations
Description
South Africa's Draft National AI Policy, gazetted for public comment, reportedly contained at least six fictitious academic references. Several cited articles or journals reportedly did not exist or were disclaimed by journal editors, and experts said the errors were consistent with AI hallucinations. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies said it was reviewing the discrepancies but argued they did not affect the draft's substance.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- government-of-south-africa
- department-of-communications-and-digital-technologies-(south-africa)
Alleged Developers
- large-language-model-developers
- generative-ai-developers
Harmed Parties
- general-public-of-south-africa
- general-public
- epistemic-integrity
- ai-policy-stakeholders
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
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