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Incident 14671 Report
South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

2026-04-10

South Africa's Draft National AI Policy, gazetted for public comment, reportedly contained at least six fictitious academic references. Several cited articles or journals reportedly did not exist or were disclaimed by journal editors, and experts said the errors were consistent with AI hallucinations. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies said it was reviewing the discrepancies but argued they did not affect the draft's substance.

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Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (South Africa)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1467
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    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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Government of South Africa

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1467
    1 Report

    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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Unknown generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1467
    1 Report

    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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Unknown large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1467
    1 Report

    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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Epistemic integrity

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  • Incident 1467
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    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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General public

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  • Incident 1467
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    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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General public of South Africa

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1467
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    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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Unknown generative AI systems

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  • Incident 1467
    1 Report

    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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Large language models

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  • Incident 1467
    1 Report

    South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations

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