2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use
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 informed. Ellis said she used Copilot to structure her own notes, while the masthead said the article did not meet its editorial standards on AI use.
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2026-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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