2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations
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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Reported occurrence date: 2026-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
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First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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