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   Deloitte forced to refund Aussie government after admitting it used AI to   
   produce error-strewn report   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:26:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   An outsourced government report came back filled with GenAI hallucinations,   
   forcing Deloitte to apologize.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Deloitte has admitted to using generative AI to produce a report for the   
   Australian government without implementing sufficient safeguards, landing the   
   company in a whole load of trouble.    
      
   The report included fake citations, false footnotes and a made-up court    
   quote, among other blunders, landing Deloitte with a not-so-insignificant   
   voluntary penalty.    
      
   Deloitte has agreed to repay the final installment of its AU$440,000    
   agreement with the governments Department of Employment and Workplace   
   Relations (DEWR), with the agency fixing the mistakes.   
      
   GenAI under fire    
      
   DEWR was forced to re-upload the report, removing over a dozen false   
   references, fixing typos and rewriting some sections. Although the agency   
   asserts the core messages remain unchanged, the previously final report   
   clearly needed some major revisions.    
      
   Fake citations from academics Lisa Burton Crawford and Bjrn Regnell were   
   removed, as well as an extract from the Amato vs Commonwealth case attributed   
   to a person who doesnt actually exist.    
      
   The updated document now discloses the use of GPT-4o, and while using GenAI    
   by itself isnt a problem, this case does highlight the need for transparency.   
   This is from a consulting firm that advocates responsible AI.    
      
   The updates made in no way impact or affect the substantive content, findings   
   and recommendations in the report, the updated report now reads.    
      
   The University of Sydneys Dr Christopher Rudge is credited with identifying   
   the use of GenAI. You cannot trust the recommendations when the very   
   foundation of the report is built on a flawed, originally undisclosed, and   
   non-expert methodology, he added (via the Australian Financial Review ).    
      
   Deloitte says that the matter has been resolved directly with the client,   
   according to the Financial Times . TechRadar Pro has reached out for further   
   context.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/deloitte-forced-to-refund-aussie-government-afte   
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