US government map mislabels every African country at global conference
A U.S. government map of Africa — likely made with AI tools — mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation abroad this week.
Ariana Niko27The State Department mislabeled every country on a map of Africa, apparently with AI, and nobody caught it before the presentation. That’s more than a typo. It’s what happens when shortcuts replace expertise. Who signed off on this?
Josh14The countries are not mislabeled. Those are not the outlines of any countries at all.
itbeatstwitter.bsky.social8Those aren’t even countries, it’s not like they just moved countries they created new shape of countries that don’t exist
Luckiiyu🍀🍀🍀8It’s a mistake depending on AI it’s not as intelligent as they would like you to believe. Just my 2 cents. 🤷🏽♀️
Strongarm37🇺🇦8And no one in the State Dept noticed! The US Govt is truly the World’s biggest clown show.
reneedodson.bsky.social7And no one even caught the mistake is the disturbing part.
Incredible story: With the help of AI, U.S. officials created a map that mislabeled every country in Africa. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Geoff Brumfiel117I will just point out that the Onion predicted this 18 years ago... www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_i...
Fishpeddler19My favorite is putting a country WITH COAST IN ITS NAME deep inland.
josephwolf1.bsky.social18Current State Department map of the Pacific:
otterly bewildered12Not just that, the shapes don't even represent ANY actual country.
lynn101.bsky.social8Exactly. And this shit is why we pay electric bills that have doubled & tripled.
⚠Valid Handle8guessing that CHODE err i mean DOGE fired the subject matter expert at some point
Minna Ålander 🌻101AI does have some great trolling potential
innes mck29inspirational. finally we are free from the hours of manual labour spent mislabeling countries
AXEL LYCAN [8/28]15It gives up even connecting the lines and colors by the end.
Mathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud11Ah bah yes, les mecs vérifient vraiment plus rien et laisse l'IA tout faire. PAS UN PAYS JUSTE SUR LA CARTE...
Captain Jim10Hier j'ai montré à Judith un reportage sur des meufs qui se sont perdues en montagne parce qu'elles ont utilisé une carte qu'elles ont GÉNÉRÉ SUR CHATGPT
Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv10It is so embarrassing to be an American right now.
Operative_X4Quickly, we must build more data centers!!
miravox3I was thinking maybe we should give ai a break, it came close with Uganda and Malawi /s But it hasn't even got the shapes of the mis-named countries right!
Øystein Hellesøe Brekke3Stopp verda, eg vil av.
Just Kevin3It makes me so sad that the leftists spent 2024 attacking us liberals rather than trying to help us stop Project 2025.
US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online.
Olga Nesterova21Map places Nigeria in Sahara and shifts Mozambique and Ivory Coast.
notidefix.bsky.social9AI working like a charm
Her hair is a little too red, if you know what I mean3Morons, every last one of them, just complete, willful morons and they're all proud of it.
Jaye Rich2"Well, what do you want from us? Africa is a big country."
Alexandra Jordan MD1You could’ve had my kid when he was 10 hand-draw countries on a map of Africa and it would’ve been more accurate.
blustar62.bsky.social1They would FAIL an 8 th grade fucking world studies class!! F F F
oh for crying out loud [you'll never guess what technology generated the map! Oh, no, wait, you will.] www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Keith Edwards3Cote de voire, the famous in-land coast.
Alexandra Lahav1AI: a genie that will grant every wish.
Nicholas Sarwark3Our neighborhood homeowners association uses AI to produce flyers and maps and social media graphics. One was for a parade and included a map that had roads that did not exist on it. The person who made the graphics seemed shocked that other residents called it out and wanted credit for trying.
Bill from Long Island2Using AI is like having a very green intern do the work that also has a motive to embarrass you. You can't trust anything
The enshitification of everything by AI knows no bounds. I had colleagues attending this IAS session text me screenshot. You have to not care by a lot to be this sloppy. "US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Jesse Couk4And once again the more you look at it the worse it becomes.
Dorian McILROY3You have got to be kidding me! How can anyone be so sloppy as to not even check? Name of the person presenting?
Vitamin Bee 🐝2Would it have taken someone more than an hour to even make that graphic and label it correctly?! I think most teens could do it in 15 minutes
DTwyman1Not to mention, to not be embarrassed! I mean 😬🤬🙄
Hermit Thrush1"In a statement, the state dept said: 'We take full responsibility for the confusion and misrepresentation it caused for attendees, including our African partners.'” !? Whose confusion? Who is confused? Can't even frame apology. Whole admin needs to take full responsibility for criminal incompetence
🄽🅄🄺🄺🄰🄼🄰🅁🅄1Soon, there will be briefings on why they have not yet been able to locate Zamunda & Wakanda.
There simply aren't enough competent people who are willing to work for this administration. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Uhm *every* country? I guess geography is woke now www.huffpost.com/entry/us-sta...
Mr. Horror4H3Statistically you'd have to guess one right.
Winter3The only equality they're interested in is treating all of Africa with equal contempt, I guess.
Adam Wight -- he/him2Not to mention the random floating label line, the mismatched colors. This reeks of AI.
Frankie1They used AI instead of doing their jobs.
End government by imbeciles. Vote Democratic. "A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Steph Swisher5American media spent four years calling Kamala Harris dumb but will totally ignore stuff like this.
🔬godhatesyeast🔬1so basically what we have going on here is “homer runs for sanitation commissioner” except instead of homer it’s nazis and instead of sanitation commissioner it’s the united states government
