Deloitte's $440K AI Report Disaster Exposes Consulting's Crisis

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October 10, 2025
Deloitte charged the Australian government $440,000 for an AI-generated report full of fake footnotes and false statistics because consultants didn't bother checking the output. This isn't an AI problem—it's a human incompetence problem that perfectly illustrates why IBM says consulting firms must transform into software companies or die. The industry is getting exposed for charging massive fees while delivering work anyone could do with ChatGPT.