South Africa Withdrew Its National AI Policy Because It Contained AI-Hallucinated Sources
A country's first official AI governance framework had to be pulled after reviewers found fictitious citations that appeared to have been generated by AI
South Africa has withdrawn its first draft national AI policy after it was discovered to contain fictitious sources โ citations that appear to have been generated by an AI model rather than drawn from real research. The draft had been published for public comment as the country's foundational AI governance framework. The withdrawal highlights a specific institutional risk that has now reached the level of national policy: AI hallucination in official government documents.
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