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Comment by shakna

12 hours ago

> Rollout hasn't even begun yet which you can

If rollout at Deloitte has not yet begun... How on earth did this clusterfuck [0] happen?

> 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.

[0] https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/deloitte-ai-australia-governm...

Because even if an organisation hasn't rolled out generative AI tools and policies centrally yet, individuals might just use their personal plans anyway (potentially in violation with their contract)? I believe that's called "shadow AI".

  • Correct. Where I work we are only "allowed" to use AI since December 2025.

    But obviously people were copy/pasting content to ChatGPT and Claude long before that.

Haven't even read the source, but I like how it's "a partial refund". The chutzpah to deliver absolute nonsense[0] and then give a partial refund!

[0]: If it contains references to nonexistent papers and fabricated quotes, the conclusions of the report are highly doubtful at best.