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 …


