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  "path": "/2026/05/13/south-africa-used-ai-to-write-its-now-withdrawn-ai-policy-the-citations-were-fake/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-13T22:17:55.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
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    "ai policy",
    "generative ai",
    "hallucinations",
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  "textContent": "Given how often we’ve seen AI-generated fake citations show up in legal filings and even legal decisions, you’d think the lesson would have sunk in by now: if you’re going to use AI to help draft something, you have to actually check what it produces. Apparently that lesson has not reached every government ministry. Researcher […]",
  "title": "South Africa Used AI To Write Its Now Withdrawn AI Policy. The Citations Were Fake."
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