US gov and OpenAI mislabel map of Africa at global conference

kirubakaran 44 points 26 comments July 30, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (13 comments)

goldsmith112

that's not mislabeling. that's pure AI slop

stevenalowe

can't blame OpenAI for hallucinating a map, that's what it's good for - can blame officials for not proofreading it though

tracerbulletx

The way a lot of people use AI is kind of proof the only thing they ever did or cared about was appearances and hype. There is not one iota of interest in reality. Every waking moment is a walking con and a sales pitch.

yread

Landlocked Cote d'Ivoire is also interesting. Well, I guess it's a coast of some river or something facepalm

cineticdaffodil

Maximum effort going nowhere for 70 years.

Apocryphon

What is the (unlabelled) left line even doing.

amanaplanacanal

Can we blame Rubio for this?

prmph

Could this not be intentional? Who wants to waste time getting a map of "shithole" countries right? /s

josefritzishere

This administration is staffed by drunks and imbeciles. Their naked corruption is offensive but their stupidity possibly more so.

rsynnott

Is there anyone working for the Trump administration who is even borderline competent? Like, it is getting farcical.

dieselgate

The mislabeling is egregious but also the whole map is way out of sorts! UK, Greenland and Australia locations for starters my goodness...

jmclnx

No surprise, you hire idiots you get things like this making the US look totally incompetent. We have seen things like this happen many times over the past 2 years.

lasky

the government's arsenal of slop cannons are just getting warmed up

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