The map wrongly relocated Nigeria and several other African countries, triggering widespread criticism online.
The United States Department of State has admitted responsibility after an inaccurate map of Africa, apparently generated with artificial intelligence, was displayed during an official presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The map wrongly relocated Nigeria and several other African countries, triggering widespread criticism online.
The controversial slide, presented during a session on new US global health agreements, drew immediate attention after conference participants captured screenshots and circulated them on social media, questioning how such glaring geographical errors made it into an official U.S. government presentation.
A review of video footage from the conference showed the map bore an OpenAI watermark, indicating it had been created using the company's artificial intelligence tools.
