‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report
TL;DR
WA paid Deloitte $166,000 for flawed feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin university and Murdoch university Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Western Australian government has said it is “extremely disappointed” and is seeking an “expedited” cost recovery from Deloitte after errors were discovered in a report on a potential university merger, including AI-hallucinated references and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost discrepancies. The WA government paid Deloitte $166,000 for a feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin university and Murdoch university.
Nauti's Take
AI-generated research needs a verification workflow before it reaches a client, board, or public report. Small teams should open every cited source, confirm that it actually supports the claim, and recalculate major figures from primary documents before relying on an AI-assisted feasibility study.
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