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19 entries, newest first. Search covers every field. The check column is our analysis.

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DateCaseSectorCheckSources
Oct 2026Deloitte's WA university-merger analysis: citation errors and a benefit-cost claim its own summary contradictsunknown (AFR reports AI was used in preparing the report) Consulting / government / higher educationrecompute in code3
May 14, 2026EY Canada pulled a loyalty-fraud report built on a McKinsey report that doesn't existunknown (GPTZero says the text scans as AI-generated; EY has not named a tool) Consulting / cybersecuritysource citation3
Jan 14, 2026Police intelligence cited a West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match that never happenedMicrosoft Copilot Policing / public safetysource citation3
Nov 22, 2025Deloitte's C$1.6M Newfoundland health staffing plan cited papers that don't existunknown (Deloitte said AI was used 'to support a small number of research citations') Consulting / government / healthcaresource citation3
Oct 2025Deloitte's A$440,000 welfare-compliance report quoted a judgment paragraph that doesn't existAzure OpenAI GPT-4o based tool chain (disclosed by Deloitte in the revised report) Consulting / governmentsource citation3
Sep 2025Revolut's chatbot valued 1,119 loyalty points at £1,119 instead of £22.38Revolut chatbot (the decision says 'chatbot'; BankingNewsAI identifies it as Revolut's AI Chat Assistant) Banking / fintechrecompute in code2
Jul 18, 2025Replit's agent deleted a production database, then said rollback was impossibleReplit AI coding agent Software engineeringrecompute in code1
May 18, 2025A syndicated summer guide in the Sun-Times recommended books that don't existunknown (writer said he used AI; tool not named) Media / publishinghuman review2
Apr 2025Cursor's support bot 'Sam' invented a one-device-per-subscription policyCursor's AI front-line email support agent ('Sam') Software / customer supportrefuse when data missing2
Mar 27, 2025Tromsø's school-closure report: 11 of 18 sources were fakeChatGPT Government / educationsource citation3
Feb 5, 2025Gemini's Super Bowl ad said Gouda is 50-60% of world cheese consumptionGoogle Gemini (shown writing a product description for a small business) Tech / marketing / small businesssource citation2
Jan 10, 2025A Stanford expert's deepfake-law declaration cited two papers GPT-4o made upGPT-4o Legal / expert testimonysource citation1
Oct 28, 2024Alaska's education commissioner cited studies that don't exist in a cellphone resolutionunknown ('a generative AI platform') Government / educationsource citation2
Mar 29, 2024NYC's MyCity chatbot told businesses they could break the lawMyCity chatbot, built on Microsoft Azure AI services Government / small businesssource citation1
Feb 14, 2024Air Canada's chatbot invented a retroactive bereavement refundAir Canada website support chatbot (vendor not named) Travel / customer servicesource citation3
Jun 22, 2023Mata v. Avianca: lawyers filed six ChatGPT-invented court opinionsChatGPT Legalsource citation2
Feb 8, 2023Google's Bard ad credited the wrong telescope with the first exoplanet photoGoogle Bard (promotional ad) Tech / marketingsource citation2
Feb 2023Bing AI misstated Gap and Lululemon earnings in Microsoft's launch demoBing AI chat (Microsoft), on stage at the launch Tech / financial analysisrecompute in code3
Jan 2023CNET's AI explainer said $10,000 at 3% earns $10,300 in a yearCNET's 'internally designed AI engine' (CNET said not ChatGPT) Media / personal financerecompute in code3

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