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"A group of academics has offered an unreserved apology to the big four
consultancy firms after admitting they used artificial intelligence to make
false allegations of serious wrongdoing in a submission to a parliamentary
inquiry.
The accusations have been met with scorn by the firms, concerned that
inaccurate information has been given parliamentary privilege to unfairly
tarnish the reputation of its staff.
The academics, who specialise in accounting, were urging a parliamentary
inquiry into the ethics and professional accountability of the consultancy
industry to consider broad regulation changes, including splitting up the big
four.
Part of the original submission relied on the Google Bard AI tool, which the
responsible academic had only begun using that same week. The AI program
generated several case studies about misconduct that were highlighted by the
submission.
The original submission falsely accused KPMG of being complicit in a “KPMG
7-Eleven wage theft scandal” that led to the resignation of several partners.
It also accused KPMG of auditing the Commonwealth Bank during a financial
planning scandal. KPMG never audited the Commonwealth Bank.
Deloitte’s general counsel, Tala Bennett, also expressed concern about the
submission wrongly accusing her firm of being sued by the liquidators of the
collapsed building company Probuild for allegedly failing to properly audit its
accounts. Deloitte never audited Probuild.
The submission raised concerns about a “Deloitte NAB financial planning
scandal” and wrongly accused the firm of advising the bank on a scheme that
defrauded customers of millions of dollars. Deloitte told the Senate there was
no such scandal.
It also accused Deloitte of falsifying the accounts of a company called
Patisserie Valerie. Deloitte had never audited the company."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
