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Two Home Affairs officials suspended after AI 'hallucinations' found

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/home-affairs-officials-suspended-ai-hallucinations/
26•jruohonen•3h ago

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wewewedxfgdf•19m ago
The entire world sells products to encourage you to do your work with AI assistance.

But god forbid that there should be any evidence of that in your .....work. You'll be suspended or fired.

Holy god, it looks like someone used AI and were a bit sloppy in their editing!!!! YOU'RE FIRED!

Maybe someday when there's been enough such reports people will shrug like they do about security breaches now.

cwnyth•16m ago
God forbid people actually have to do work and fact-check the hallucination machines!
wewewedxfgdf•14m ago
You're correct - whether you keep your job depends on how well you conceal that you used AI.
embedding-shape•5m ago
I don't think most people care if you used AI or not, as long as it's correct. AI or no AI, incorrect and false stuff makes people tired of you.
antonvs•11m ago
Strange to see South Africa’s “The Citizen” linked on HN. It was a pro-apartheid, pro-government newspaper during the later years of apartheid in South Africa. It would be as if Joseph Goebbels’ newspaper “Der Angriff” had survived the demise of Nazi Germany.

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