South Africa’s government has pulled its draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy after discovering fictitious sources in the document, raising questions over AI-generated research and the policy’s credibility amid political and industry scrutiny. South Africa’s communications and digital technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, has withdrawn the country’s draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy after an internal review confirmed that its reference list included fictitious sources, deepening scrutiny of how the document was prepared and verified. The move follows reporting by News24 at the weekend that exposed apparently fabricated research cited in the policy, including academic journals that did not exist. In a statement…
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South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies has withdrawn a draft AI policy after discovering that parts of its reference list contained fabricated citations, highlighting the growing risks of AI-generated misinformation in government procedures. South Africa’s Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has withdrawn the draft National Artificial…
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While standards like C2PA aim to verify image authorship through cryptographic metadata, social media workflows often strip this data, prompting interest in more resilient solutions like perceptual hashing for protecting photographers’ recognition in a rapidly sharing digital landscape. For photographers, the hardest part of a viral image is often not…
Scrutiny increases over McClatchy’s alleged use of AI to produce news and the Pentagon’s dismissal of Stars and Stripes ombudsman, raising questions about transparency and editorial independence in journalism. Scrutiny over McClatchy has intensified after The Wrap reported allegations that the publisher used artificial intelligence to produce full news stories…
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