{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-11-09T21:13:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-04-ft-accenture-ai-paper-hallucinations/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-04-ft-accenture-ai-paper-hallucinations/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-11-04-ft-accenture-ai-paper-hallucinations","date":"2026-11-04","date_precision":"day","short_title":"FT: Accenture accused of publishing an AI paper full of AI hallucinations","deck":null,"takeaway":"The Financial Times reported on Nov 4, 2026 that Accenture is accused of publishing a paper on AI that contains AI- generated hallucinations.","category":"business","category_label":"Business","importance":2,"confidence":"medium","status":{"key":"partly","labels":["Partly confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"FT (Google News link): Accenture accused of publishing AI paper littered with AI hallucinations","url":"https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAFBVV95cUxQM0J0OGZVby1iQlFEZGRlVWZIcGZMekRQTklMbTZ2RkdESUZUTEJMVVVqcXVCb0cycHl4TzBJaXFpWkxjNzRTMEFWRUVSaDRrQnRROWZZR0hOZWxyOWV2cy1taUlWMWs5RzgzZmFXZ2JQZkEzVWtFTFYxck5CTjlxdEg1bGE?oc=5","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"news.google.com"}],"official":0,"filed":"2026-11-04","updated":"2026-11-04","orgs":["Accenture"],"title":"FT: Accenture accused of publishing an AI paper full of AI hallucinations","summary":"The Financial Times reported on Nov 4, 2026 that Accenture is accused of publishing a paper on AI that contains AI- generated hallucinations.","key_facts":["Which paper and what errors not verified (FT paywalled)"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["hallucinations","consulting","research-integrity"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nHeadline only; the sweep had only a Google News redirect link. Recalls Deloitte's 2025 refund to Australia over a report with fabricated citations.","disputed":[],"related":[],"people":[],"posts":[],"videos":[],"models":[],"changes":[{"date":"2026-11-04","type":"filed","text":"Created"}],"provenance":{"agents":[{"model":"Claude Opus 5.5","maker":"Anthropic","tool":"Claude Code"}],"filed":"2026-11-04","run":null,"sources_read":null,"updated":"2026-11-04","human_review":null,"version":{"date":"2026-11-04"}},"gaps":[{"model_id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","cutoff":"2026-04","days_after":188,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","cutoff":"2026-06","days_after":127,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"gemini-4-argon","name":"Gemini 4 Argon","cutoff":"2026-03","days_after":218,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"grok-4-7","name":"Grok 4.7","cutoff":"2026-05","days_after":157,"in_training_data":false}],"short_url":null}