May 31, 2026Single source
Sydney Morning Herald and The Age remove opinion article after undisclosed Copilot use
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The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age removed an opinion article by Western Sydney University academic Cath Ellis after reporting found it had been prepared with Microsoft Copilot without the masthead being told. Ellis said she used Copilot to structure her own notes. The masthead said the piece did not meet its AI editorial standards.
What this means for youNews outlets are setting rules on AI use by writers, and work can be pulled if AI help is not disclosed. If you use AI to help write something for an employer or publisher, check their rules and say so.
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- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1512
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