AI Failures: How Artificial Intelligence Is Going Wrong in Legal Cases, NDIS, Fair Work Commission, and Deloitte Reports
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 30 Oct 2025
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- 1 Nov 2025, 06:20 pm
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Before using artificial intelligence, professionals should question how important it is to get correct results – and whether the work needs doing at all.
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The article explores the growing concerns surrounding artificial intelligence's reliability, particularly in critical areas such as legal cases, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and reports from the Deloitte firm. Highlighting AI's potential to produce incorrect or substandard outputs, it underscores the necessity for cautious implementation where accuracy is paramount. This cautionary stance is vital for restructuring governance frameworks to emphasize safety and trust. While the discussion engages with AI risks, including a re-evaluation of dependency on AI for significant undertakings, it does not delve into existential threats, thus mainly relating to AI governance and policy with safety considerations.
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PoliticsAIPrint articleNov 1, 2025 – 5.00amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginReporting on the uptake of artificial intelligence in professional and public policy contexts has forced me to grapple with how we decide when AI is actually useful and making us more productive, or when it is holding us back.The risks are becoming clearer as the list of examples of AI going awry grows ever longer. The potential for AI to spit out substandard – or factually wrong – output should force a re-examination of whether AI should be used in the first place, and what tasks are too important to trust to the machines.Loading...Paul Karpis The Australian Financial Review’s NSW political correspondent.SaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIDeloitteProductivityOpinionAFR WeekendFetching latest articlesWe met a professional shoplifter to understand this crime’s popularityGreg Bearup and Carrie LaFrenzShaken, stirred and a little smoky: three cocktails to define summerThis restaurant is stuck in the past. That’s what makes it greatWhy the boss of this $21b company has a two-part career ruleSally PattenWant to be a top performer? Work lessWhy this CEO says 45 minutes is too long for a meetingA reissue of Prada’s iconic shoes and a suitcase you’ll never loseEugenie KellyDiscover the real Brazil in this historic UNESCO world heritage townFrom Picasso to Hirst, walk among art’s modern masters at this French hotelHow a mistake led to one family’s $13m trust tax billMichelle BowesGina Rinehart pockets $1.4b payout despite Hancock profit slideAustralia’s richest people 40 and under set wealth record