"Deloitte's member firm in Australia will pay the government a partial refund for a $290,000 report that contained alleged AI-generated errors, including references to non-existent academic research papers and a fabricated quote from a federal court judgment. The report was originally published on the Australian government's Department of Employment and Workplace Relations website in July. A revised version was quietly published on Friday after Sydney University researcher of health and welfare law Chris Rudge said he alerted media outlets that the report was "full of fabricated references.""
"Deloitte reviewed the 237-page report and "confirmed some footnotes and references were incorrect," the department said in a statement Tuesday. Deloitte did not immediately respond to Fortune 's request for comment. The revised version of the report includes a disclosure that a generative AI language system, Azure OpenAI, was used in its creation."
"It also removes the fabricated quotes attributed to a federal court judge and references to nonexistent reports attributed to law and software engineering experts. Deloitte noted in a "Report Update" section that the updated version, dated September 26, replaced the report published in July. "The updates made in no way impact or affect the substantive content, findings and recommendations in the report," Deloitte wrote. In late August the Australian Financial Review first reported that the document contained multiple errors, citing Rudge as the researcher who identified the apparent AI-generated inaccuracies."
Deloitte's member firm in Australia will pay a partial refund for a $290,000 report after alleged AI-generated errors were identified, including fabricated references and a false federal court quote. The report first appeared on the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations website in July and a revised version dated September 26 discloses use of Azure OpenAI. Deloitte reviewed the 237-page report and confirmed some footnotes and references were incorrect, while stating updates do not affect substantive findings or recommendations. Sydney University researcher Chris Rudge and the Australian Financial Review flagged multiple errors, including a false attribution to Professor Lisa Burton Crawford.
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