
AI policy rewrite begins as department traces source of fake references
Fictitious references in South Africa’s withdrawn draft National AI Policy may have originated from a translated Chilean source document.

Fictitious references in South Africa’s withdrawn draft National AI Policy may have originated from a translated Chilean source document.

The failures of generative AI are concentrated in citation-heavy, consequence-heavy tasks where verification is essential.

Minister Solly Malatsi pulls the draft framework following confirmation that it includes unverified, likely AI-generated sources.