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‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report

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The Western Australian government says it is “extremely disappointed” and is seeking expedited cost recovery from Deloitte after errors were found in its feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin University and Murdoch University. The report, for which WA paid $166,000, contained AI-hallucinated references and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost discrepancies.

SourceThe Guardian AIAuthor: Krishani Dhanji and Josh Taylor
‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report
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WA paid Deloitte $166,000 for flawed feasibility study on merging the University of Western Australia, Curtin university and Murdoch university

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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.

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  • WA paid Deloitte $166,000 for a feasibility study on merging three universities
  • The report contained references fabricated by AI
  • It also included cost discrepancies worth hundreds of millions of dollars
  • The government is seeking expedited reimbursement from Deloitte

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