alt.hn

6/14/2026 at 2:01:35 PM

KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/13/kpmg-pulls-report-on-ai-usage-due-to-apparent-hallucinations/

by Brajeshwar

6/14/2026 at 4:50:36 PM

> Professional services firm KPMG has pulled a report titled, “Redefining excellence in the age of agentic AI,”

Well they were true to their word about demonstrating a new and increasingly relevant definition of "excellence."

by gdulli

6/14/2026 at 4:36:02 PM

Gartner is going to have to pull a loooot of reports over the years

by Scoundreller

6/14/2026 at 5:48:29 PM

The crazy thing is the level of effort to say, "have a sub agent validate all references and figures" is so low. I'm paraphrasing, but you don't need much more than that. It would have prevented 99% of the face palms.

I use this regularly for my personal financial research system. Even flagship models make mistakes. Though currently the issue is usually the model using a figure from and older report. Cross-check reduces that dramatically.

by XenophileJKO

6/14/2026 at 6:14:30 PM

Eh.. without going into too many details, having seen some face palms at work, I realized that the anecdotes may be closer to a pattern than I would like to believe, which prompted me to start basic howtos available company-wide.

I kinda get it, without experience and trying, how are they to know ( unless they are already 'into it')? After all, corporate training is laughable at best.

by iugtmkbdfil834

6/14/2026 at 6:18:02 PM

dont be so sure they didnt. they can go back and forth hallucinating with each other

by modzu

6/14/2026 at 2:06:38 PM

Go, GPTZero!

by jruohonen

6/14/2026 at 6:21:08 PM

KPMG got called out only now for bullshit and hallucinations?

by cryo32

6/14/2026 at 2:11:48 PM

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515733

by ChrisArchitect

6/14/2026 at 3:28:28 PM

The register article is better.

by wglb

6/14/2026 at 4:25:01 PM

Every once in awhile, someone utters a truly unique statement.

by rconti