The use of AI-generated citations in policy drafting can lead to the inclusion of fictitious or misleading information in official documents.

📰 South Africa's Draft AI Policy Withdrawn Due to 'Fictitious' AI-Generated Citations An official in South Africa withdrew a draft of the country's national AI policy, reports a local newspaper, "after it was found the draft policy was compiled using AI, which cited academic article... 📰 Source: Slashdot 🔗 Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/03/0019210/south-africas-draft-ai-policy-withdrawn-due-to-fictitious-ai-generated-citations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

South Africa's Draft AI Policy Withdrawn Due to 'Fictitious' AI-Generated Citations https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/03/0019210/south-africas-draft-ai-policy-withdrawn-due-to-fictitious-ai-generated-citations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

South Africa's Draft AI Policy Withdrawn Due to 'Fictitious' AI-Generated Citations (timeslive.co.za) Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/03/0019210/south-africas-draft-ai-policy-withdrawn-due-to-fictitious-ai-generated-citations

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South Africa withdraws AI policy due to fake AI-generated sources https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/68436454

South Africa Used AI To Write Its Now Withdrawn AI Policy. The Citations Were Fake. https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/13/south-africa-used-ai-to-write-its-now-withdrawn-ai-policy-the-citations-were-fake/