Cosatu welcomes withdrawal of draft AI policy over fictitious references [SOUND]

# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi’s decision to withdraw the draft National Artificial Intelligence policy. According to the minister, an investigation confirmed that the draft policy contained various fictitious sources in its reference list, which has compromised the integrity and credibility of the document. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says it is concerning that the document was not subjected to proper vetting internally within the department: