美国国务院在巴西里约热内卢举行的AIDS 2026大会上展示的非洲地图将该大陆的每个国家都标注错误[1]。这份地图由AI工具生成，包含多个明显的地理错误，其中尼日利亚被显示为撒哈拉沙漠的内陆国家，莫桑比克被重新定位到非洲之角，科特迪瓦则被放置在非洲大陆的另一侧[1]。该地图包含OpenAI工具制作的AI水印[1]。
美国国务院随后承认了这一错误。美国首席卫生特使杰夫·格拉汉姆表示："我们为造成的混淆和误导承担全部责任"[1]。国务院解释称，该地图是由一名工作人员在会议前仓促修改幻灯片时制作的[1]。这份错误地图的截图首次出现在艾滋病专家Emily Bass的Substack文章中，其后在LinkedIn上的一篇转发获得约40000次浏览[1]。
The US State Department displayed a map of Africa at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that mislabeled every country on the continent.[1] The map, generated using an AI tool, contained significant geographical errors, including depicting Nigeria as a landlocked nation in the Sahara Desert, repositioning Mozambique to the Horn of Africa, and placing Côte d'Ivoire on the opposite side of the African continent.[1] The map bore an OpenAI watermark, indicating it was created using AI tools.[1]
The error came to wider public attention when AIDS expert Emily Bass published screenshots in a Substack article, which were subsequently shared on LinkedIn where they garnered approximately 40,000 views.[1] The US State Department issued a statement acknowledging responsibility for the mistake, stating "we take full responsibility for the confusion and misguidance this has caused."[1] According to the department, a staff member hastily created the map while revising presentation slides shortly before the conference.[1] The statement was attributed to Jeff Graham, the US Global Health Envoy, who oversees PEPFAR, the US government's initiative against HIV/AIDS.[1]