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South Africa: Home Affairs Suspends Two for Fake AI Policy Research

[Scrolla] Journalists from News24 checked the new immigration document and found that 102 out of 148 references are completely fake. Two independent law firms will run the disciplinary hearings and check every policy document the department wrote since November 2022.

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South Africa: Home Affairs Suspends Two for Fake AI Policy Research[Scrolla] Journalists from News24 checked the new immigration document and found that 102 out of 148 references are completely fake. Two independent law firms will run the disciplinary hearings and check every policy document the department wrote since November 2022.
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