AI Diagnosed a Disease That Doesn't Exist. Governments Are Now Paying Attention.

The South Africa case carries a specific weight the Bixonimania study does not: it shows that the institutions charged with governing AI are themselves vulnerable to AI-generated misinformation at the policy level. A draft national AI framework, gazetted officially and open for public comment, cited research that journalists confirmed did not exist — . The document was withdrawn 17 days later. The credibility cost to South Africa's ambition to be the first African nation with a formal AI ethics framework is not recoverable…