‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report
2026-10-25 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
The Western Australian government paid Deloitte $166,000 for a university merger feasibility study, only to discover the report was riddled with AI-hallucinated references. Nothing says 'premium consulting' like charging six figures to have a chatbot make up your citations. The government is now seeking reimbursement — turns out copy-pasting from ChatGPT isn't worth $166K.