US EditionDeloitte to partially refund Australian government for report with apparent AI-generated errors
Deloitte admitted AI-generated errors including fabricated references in a $440,000 Australian government welfare report and agreed to refund part of the contract, officials said.
- Deloitte will refund the Australian government $291,000 for errors in a compliance report, including incorrect citations, as confirmed by Australia’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
- A Deloitte spokesperson confirmed that some footnotes and references in the report were incorrect after an independent assurance review indicated multiple errors.
- Christopher Rudge, a lecturer at the University of Sydney, criticized Deloitte for substituting multiple hallucinated references in the updated report.
- Labor senator Deborah O’Neill stated that Deloitte has a human intelligence problem, affecting the report's accuracy.
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Deloitte AI Hallucination Scandal Rocks Government Report - American Faith
Global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte is refunding part of a $440,000 (AUD) taxpayer-funded contract after its Australian division admitted that an official government report contained fake citations and AI-generated content. The embarrassing revelation marks the latest instance of a major firm suffering reputational damage for the careless use of artificial intelligence tools. According to Ars Technica, Deloitte Australia used Microsof…
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Australia Paid Deloitte $290K for a Report. There's an AI Issue
Deloitte Australia will partially refund the $290,000 or so paid by the Australian government for a report that was littered with apparent AI-generated errors, including a fabricated quote from a federal court judgment and references to nonexistent academic research papers. The financial services firm's report to the Department of...
AI 'hallucinated' report to Australian government. Senator: 'Deloitte has a problem with human intelligence.'
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