A government‑commissioned 10‑year education report in Newfoundland and Labrador contains at least 15 fabricated sources, including a non‑existent NFB film and bibliography entries lifted from a style guide’s fake examples. Academics suspect generative AI, revealing how AI ghostwriting can inject plausible‑looking but false citations into official documents.
— This highlights the need for AI‑use disclosure, citation verification pipelines, and accountability rules in public reporting to protect evidence‑based governance.
msmash
2025.10.06
90% relevant
Deloitte conceded its Australian government review contained AI‑generated citation errors (including non‑existent academic reports) and agreed to repay the final installment—an explicit case of AI hallucinations contaminating an official report and triggering consequences.
BeauHD
2025.09.22
78% relevant
Like the Newfoundland report with fabricated citations traced to AI, this case shows AI‑generated text injecting fake legal authorities into a court filing. The California court’s sanction and warning exemplify why verification and disclosure norms are needed when AI is used in official documents.
BeauHD
2025.09.13
100% relevant
The Education Accord NL report cited 'Schoolyard Games' (a film the NFB says doesn’t exist) and other template‑based fake references identified by CBC News.
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