South Africa, May 4 -- The Summit brought together global communication leaders, reputation advisers, crisis specialists, technologists and corporate affairs practitioners to discuss crisis, ethics, branding, AI, measurement and leadership.

At its core was a question about authority, and how it is earned, lost and sustained when institutions can produce more language than ever, yet struggle to be believed.

SA's draft AI policy an example

South Africa has already been handed a practical example. News24 reported that the draft National AI Policy contained fictitious references, likely AI hallucinations, and the draft has since been withdrawn after Communications Minister Solly Malatsi said unverified citations compromised its credibility...