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Mislabelled, Misplaced and Misshaped

A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, with countries also misplaced and misshaped, according to The Guardian. The map, which appeared to be AI-generated, drew criticism from attendees who posted screenshots online, with Wonkette noting the outlines were wrong in all geographical ways.

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The Guardian: “A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online.” Not only were the countries mislabelled, they were misplaced and misshaped;

as: “They’re all shaped wrong, and they’re also wrong in all the other ways of geographical wrongness.” At least the outline of Africa was okay. Not that AI is

Wonketteputs itrequiredto make a map so perfectly wrong, but it appears to have used in this case.

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