Deloitte Australia agreed to repay the final instalment of an A$440,000 government contract after its report for the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations was found to contain fabricated references and a fake court quote. The firm later disclosed it had used generative AI.
Classic professional-services exposure: client reliance on AI-assisted work product. Fee refund is first-party loss; follow-on claims possible.
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