AustraliaThe Guardian‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report
The WA government is chasing Deloitte for its $166,000 fee after the university merger report was found to contain AI-hallucinated references and hundreds of millions in maths errors.
WA paid Deloitte $166,000 for flawed feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin university and Murdoch university
The WA government is seeking to recover the $166,000 it paid Deloitte for a feasibility study on merging three Perth universities after serious errors were found.
The report contained AI-hallucinated references and cost discrepancies of up to $311 million, with Deloitte having used generative AI for research and editorial proofing.
A University of Canberra governance expert says the errors are so extensive the report likely needs to be completely redone without AI assistance.
An expert says the errors are so extensive the report likely needs to be redone from scratch, meaning any university merger decision in WA is effectively on hold.
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