Deloitte to refund government after AI-generated report contains errors
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Summary
Deloitte will provide a partial refund to the Australian federal government for a $440,000 report that contained several errors, after admitting it used generative AI to help produce the document. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations confirmed Deloitte would repay the final installment under its contract. The report was commissioned to review the targeted compliance framework and its IT system, and the errors were discovered during the review process. A Labor senator criticized the consultancy firm, suggesting it has a 'human intelligence problem' rather than just an AI issue.
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The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) confirmed Deloitte would repay the final instalment under its contract, which will be made public after the transaction is finalised.
It comes as one Labor senator accused the consultancy firm of having a 'human intelligence problem'.
Deloitte was commissioned by the department to review the targeted compliance framework and its IT system.
Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework
