Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has decided to withdraw South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, citing integrity as the reason behind the move.
This, after a News24 report at the weekend uncovered fake and made-up research used to draft the country’s AI framework. The news outlet stated that several of the academic journals cited in the policy document “are completely fictitious”.
In a brief statement issued today, Malatsi says internal questions were initiated following the news report’s revelations, which subsequently confirmed various fictitious sources in its reference list.
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