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Accenture accused of publishing major research full of AI hallucinations — paper featured as many as 15 fictitious…

Accenture reportedly publishes new research paper littered with what appear to be AI-hallucinations
The Leapfrogging Development paper has 15 inaccuracies that have been identified so far
Accenture, which has been demanding its employees embrace AI, has denied that the errors were due to the technology

Top consultancy firm Accenture is under fire once again for publishing papers that include proven AI hallucinations.

The most notable of these, written in collaboration with IE University in Madrid, is titled “Leapfrogging Development: Unlocking Africa’s Potential in Global Value Chains with Artificial Intelligence” and has 15 inaccuracies.

The AI hallucinations were found by AI-detection software publisher GPTZero, which regularly performs analysis on significant new reports. It lists a total of 31 inaccuracies across three papers, with the lion’s share found in that single policy paper.

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GPTZero has plenty of previous experience in spotting citation issues with reports from large organizations. A...

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