Description: A Deloitte-authored Health Human Resources Plan released by Newfoundland and Labrador in May 2025 was later reported by The Independent to contain several inaccurate or apparently non-existent research citations. Researchers named in the disputed citations reportedly denied authoring the referenced papers. Deloitte stated that AI was selectively used to support some citation work and that it is revising the report.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: The Health Human Resources Plan authored by Deloitte was first publicly released by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on 05/29/2025, which is used as the incident date. The alleged errors were later identified in an investigation by The Independent (of Canada) published on 11/22/2025, which prompted wider reporting and external scrutiny. This incident was ingested into the AI Incident Database on 11/29/2025.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI developed an AI system deployed by Deloitte, which harmed Healthcare policymakers , Government of Newfoundland and Labrador , General public of Newfoundland and Labrador , General public of Canada , General public , Epistemic integrity , Martha MacLeod , Gail Tomblin Murphy and Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy.
Alleged implicated AI system: Azure OpenAI
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1286
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2025-05-29
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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