However, the "independent assurance review" bore concerning signs that Deloitte had cut corners, and included multiple errors such as references to nonexistent citations - a hallmark of AI slop. The "hallucinations" once again highlight how generative AI use in the workplace can allow glaring mistakes to slip through, from lawyers getting caught citing nonexistent cases to Trump's Centers for Disease Control referencing a study that was dreamed up by AI earlier this year.
The Australian Financial Review reports that Deloitte Australia will offer the Australian government a partial refund for a report that was littered with AI-hallucinated quotes and references to nonexistent research. Deloitte's "Targeted Compliance Framework Assurance Review" was finalized in July and published by Australia's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) in August ( Internet Archive version of the original).