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Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report. Ouch:

Deloitte will provide a partial refund to the federal government over a $440,000 report that contained several errors, after admitting it used generative artificial intelligence to help produce it.

(I was initially confused by the "Albanese government" reference in the headline since this is a story about the Australian federal government. That's because the current Australia Prime Minister is Anthony Albanese.)

Here's the page for the report. The PDF now includes this note:

This Report was updated on 26 September 2025 and replaces the Report dated 4 July 2025. The Report has been updated to correct those citations and reference list entries which contained errors in the previously issued version, to amend the summary of the Amato proceeding which contained errors, and to make revisions to improve clarity and readability. The updates made in no way impact or affect the substantive content, findings and recommendations in the Report.