Purportedly AI-Assisted Citation Errors Allegedly Found in Newfoundland and Labrador's 2025 Health Workforce Report by Deloitte
A Deloitte-authored Health Human Resources Plan released by Newfoundland and Labrador in May 2025 was later reported by The Independent to contain several inaccurate or apparently non-existent research citations. Researchers named in the disputed citations reportedly denied authoring the referenced papers. Deloitte stated that AI was selectively used to support some citation work and that it is revising the report.
- Date it happened
- 2025-05-29
- Organisation involved
- Deloitte
- Product, system or model
- Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service
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