The State Department said a staffer hastily arranged the map but did not apologise to its African partners at the event

A U.S. State Department presentation at a major global health conference has sparked criticism after an AI-generated map of Africa wrongly labelled every country on the continent.

The United States Department of State has admitted responsibility after an inaccurate map of Africa, apparently generated with artificial intelligence, was displayed during an…

US state department map error appeared at Aids 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro