{"slug": "mislabelled-misplaced-and-misshaped", "title": "Mislabelled, Misplaced and Misshaped", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "[The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/government-map-mislabels-african-countries): “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;\n\n[as](https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-state-department-cant-find): “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\n\n*Wonkette*puts it*required*to make a map so perfectly wrong, but it appears to have used in this case.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mislabelled-misplaced-and-misshaped", "canonical_source": "https://www.maproomblog.com/2026/07/mislabelled-misplaced-and-misshaped/", "published_at": "2026-07-31 13:49:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 14:11:19.958860+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["The Guardian", "State Department", "Wonkette"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mislabelled-misplaced-and-misshaped", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mislabelled-misplaced-and-misshaped.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mislabelled-misplaced-and-misshaped.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mislabelled-misplaced-and-misshaped.jsonld"}}