Australian Lawmakers Question Deloitte and KPMG on AI Misuse

Australia’s Department of Finance is asking questions related to Deloitte’s use of AI in government contract work, and about the technology’s role in exam cheating at KPMG, officials told senators during a set of hearings.

The department is reviewing Deloitte Australia’s listing as an approved supplier for government contracts after numerous errors generated by AI were uncovered in an A$439,000 ($289,000) report for the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Deputy Secretary Tania Rishniw said during a Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearing Wednesday. Officials are also asking other government departments that contract with Deloitte whether they have concerns about ...