PwC thought leadership reports found to contain AI hallucinations

PwC was found to have published four 'thought leadership' reports that show a pattern of irresponsible AI usage, resulting in hallucinated citations.

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PwC's 2024-2026 reports were 84-100% AI-generated, falsely claiming 'Citizen Pulse' used in US/Saudi/Denmark/Australia—GPTZero found no deals, only fake citations. Big Four governance failure across KPMG, EY, Deloitte signals missing vendor AI QC standards—threatens enterprise procurement trust.

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