US EditionDeloitte to partially refund Australian government for report with apparent AI-generated errors
Deloitte admitted AI-generated errors and fabricated citations in a $440,000 report for Australia’s welfare system, agreeing to repay the final installment, officials said.
- Deloitte has announced a partial refund to the Australian government for a report that included AI-generated errors and fake citations, costing nearly $440,000 AUD.
- Chris Rudge, Deputy Director of Health Law at Sydney University, discovered multiple nonexistent citations in the report, raising questions about its credibility.
- Deloitte updated the report, removing 14 of the original 141 citations, and acknowledged using Azure OpenAI GPT-4o for its analysis.
- Concerns about the reliability of AI-generated content have grown, leading to serious credibility questions regarding the reliance on generative AI in research.
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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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