The national policy document intended to shape South Africa's approach to artificial intelligence (AI) may have fallen victim to one of its most widely understood pitfalls.

News24 can exclusively reveal that some of the academic journal art…

JOHANNESBURG, April 27 (Reuters) - South Africa has withdrawn its first draft national AI policy after revelations that it ​contained fictitious sources in its reference list ‌which appeared to have been AI-generated.

"The most plausible ex…

The Department of Communication and Digital Technology (DCDT) and the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) have suspended four officials over an ongoing snafu involving AI-generated sources in government policy.

The suspensions of two individua…

Two men under investigation for using AI-hallucinated references in the draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy are reportedly seasoned Department of Communications officials.

According to senior government sources w…