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Ontario Auditor Flags 9 AI Hallucinations, No Harm

5/15/2026

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Spence Flags AI

Auditor General Shelley Spence released a May 12 report finding AI-scribe errors in Ontario, uncovering nine hallucinations, twelve wrong drug entries and seventeen missed mental-health details across 20 programs.
About 5,000 Ontario physicians use AI scribes, with four flawed systems still approved and no patient-harm incidents reported.
Minister Stephen Crawford said doctors must review AI notes, noting that Health Minister Sylvia Jones’s office requires AI-scribe use to be voluntary with consent.

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Ontario Flags AI

The audit testing revealed 60% of approved AI scribes recorded a different drug than prescribed.
Only 3% of Ontario public-service staff had completed responsible-AI training at the time of the audit.
The province’s approved secure generative-AI tool was used in just 6% of all generative-AI activities by staff.
Procurement officials were urged to require live demos, adversarial tests, audit logs, bias and privacy documentation before AI vendor approval.

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Spence Flags AI

Auditor General Shelley Spence released a May 12 report finding AI-scribe errors in Ontario, uncovering nine hallucinations, twelve wrong drug entries and seventeen missed mental-health details across 20 programs.
About 5,000 Ontario physicians use AI scribes, with four flawed systems still approved and no patient-harm incidents reported.
Minister Stephen Crawford said doctors must review AI notes, noting that Health Minister Sylvia Jones’s office requires AI-scribe use to be voluntary with consent.

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