{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0470","record_version":1,"title":"Newfoundland and Labrador government reports with false citations thought to be AI-generated, procurement overhauled","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":42.8,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":2.56,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":0,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"ac448ab68dd48089ea8dfbc1e640574915ed164fd7144805b787bf3632eaa0ac"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-03-11","incident_class":"hallucination","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"Two Newfoundland and Labrador government reports, one an education plan from the Education Accord team and the other a health-care human resources plan prepared by Deloitte Canada, were found to contain citations to sources that appeared not to exist, thought to be generated by artificial intelligence. Deloitte said it used AI to support a small number of research citations and had revised the document with citation corrections. The contract for the health study contained no provisions on AI use. The province then changed its procurement forms so vendors must state whether and how they use AI, and the province can audit that use. The government is reviewing options related to compensation for the mistakes in the Deloitte report.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":"Procurement request-for-proposal forms changed to require vendors to state whether and how they use AI, and the province can audit that use","precursor_events":null,"primary_risk":"RK14"},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"minor","severity_because":"Minor test met: the false citations were contained to reports submitted to one deployer, the Newfoundland and Labrador government, with no third party touched stated in the sources.","harm_class":[],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-procurement-ai-9.7123532","publisher":"CBC","date":"2026-03-11","type":"press","title":"Newfoundland and Labrador overhauls procurement after report errors thought to be AI - CBC","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.incident_class":"C","event.remediation":"C","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.primary_risk":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","event.detection_method":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The Newfoundland and Labrador government has overhauled its process for awarding contracts after false citations thought to be generated by artificial intelligence turned up in two reports, including one prepared by Deloitte Canada."}],"event.remediation":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Petten said his government changed the forms that it uses for requests for proposals to clearly state the province's policies on artificial intelligence."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The Newfoundland and Labrador government has overhauled its process for awarding contracts after false citations thought to be generated by artificial intelligence turned up in two reports, including one prepared by Deloitte Canada."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The Newfoundland and Labrador government has overhauled its process for awarding contracts after false citations thought to be generated by artificial intelligence turned up in two reports, including one prepared by Deloitte Canada."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"As reported last year by Radio-Canada and The Independent online news outlet, respectively, citations referring to sources that appeared not to exist were found in reports submitted to the former Liberal government."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The company used AI \"to support a small number of research citations\" and it has revised the document with a small number of citation corrections, the unattributed email said."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"It contained no provisions about whether the company could use artificial intelligence or how it could be used."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Companies responding must say if they intend to use AI and how, and the province can examine that use at any time, he said."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"In the meantime, the government is \"reviewing options related to compensation\" for the mistakes in the Deloitte report, said an email from Jennifer Konieczny, a spokesperson for the provincial Health Department."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"The sources do not state the AI model, developer tool, deployment context, date of occurrence, date of disclosure, detection date, root cause, or any autonomous agent; agent-related fields and failure classes are omitted. Whether the citations were generated by AI is only 'thought' per sources, not confirmed. The only dated disclosure is the 2026-03-11 article date, which is not treated as the disclosure date. The $1.6 million figure is the report cost paid, not a stated loss, so no loss is recorded. Compensation is under review, not decided. Impact severity 'minor' is my judgement from the two reports going to one government deployer; the sources do not state third-party effects. I mapped the procurement change to control I3 (risk assessment per deployment) and the missing AI provisions in the contract to I3 as missing; these mappings are my judgement. Risk RK14 is my judgement from false citations being relied on in reports. Root cause, responsible party and adversarial actor are not stated and are omitted. 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