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National Weather Service Reportedly Published AI-Generated Forecast Map With Fabricated Idaho Town Names
- Occurred
- Jan 3, 2026
- Published
- Jan 6, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A U.S. National Weather Service office reportedly posted an AI-generated wind forecast map for Camas Prairie, Idaho that contained fabricated and misspelled place names, including non-existent towns. The image was reportedly shared publicly on social media before being deleted and corrected. NWS confirmed a generative AI tool had been used to create the base map.
Developers
- Generative AI developers
Deployers
- National Weather Service
Harmed parties
- Epistemic integrity
- Residents of Camas Prairie, Idaho
- General public
- General public of Idaho
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated map contained fabricated data, representing a notable failure in generative AI output.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8