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Deloitte

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 6141 Report
Google Bard Allegedly Generates False Allegations Against Consulting Firms Used in Research Presented in Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

2023-11-02

Australian academics reportedly used Google Bard AI to generate case studies for a parliamentary inquiry, leading to false allegations against major consultancy firms. The AI-generated misinformation prompted an apology from the academics, causing reputational harm for all parties involved and raising concerns about the reliability of AI tools in producing accurate and unbiased information.

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Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 11931 Report
Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

2025-08-22

Australian academics reportedly identified alleged fabricated references and a misattributed legal quote in a $439,000 Deloitte report for the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations on welfare compliance. Several citations allegedly referred to works that do not exist, and a Federal Court decision was reportedly misstated. Experts allege the errors suggest use of generative AI. Deloitte has denied wrongdoing, but DEWR is investigating.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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James Guthrie

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 614
    1 Report

    Google Bard Allegedly Generates False Allegations Against Consulting Firms Used in Research Presented in Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 614
    1 Report

    Google Bard Allegedly Generates False Allegations Against Consulting Firms Used in Research Presented in Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

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Google Bard

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 614
    1 Report

    Google Bard Allegedly Generates False Allegations Against Consulting Firms Used in Research Presented in Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

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James Guthrie's co-authors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 614
    1 Report

    Google Bard Allegedly Generates False Allegations Against Consulting Firms Used in Research Presented in Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

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Entity

Parliament of Australia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 614
    1 Report

    Google Bard Allegedly Generates False Allegations Against Consulting Firms Used in Research Presented in Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

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KPMG

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 614
    1 Report

    Google Bard Allegedly Generates False Allegations Against Consulting Firms Used in Research Presented in Australian Parliamentary Inquiry

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Unknown large language model developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR)

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Government of Australia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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General public of Australia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Academics

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Lisa Burton Crawford

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Carolyn Adams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Janina Boughey

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Scholars erroneously cited

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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Unknown large language model

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1193
    1 Report

    Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

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