A US State Department presentation at the AIDS conference in Rio displays an AI-generated map that mislabeled every African country and officials say a last-minute slide edit produced the error.The image bears an OpenAI watermark and shows Nigeria depicted as landlocked, Mozambique and Côte d'Ivoire placed in the wrong regions, prompting criticism from Emily Bass and African delegates.The incident highlights strains in the US global HIV response after cuts under
Donald Trump and the reshaping of the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, with
UNAIDS and
KFF reporting a 25% drop in international HIV funding in 2025.