Financial Times Reviews Harvard Professor's AI-Condensed Op-Ed, Flagging 71% Text Score
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Financial Times Reviews Harvard Professor's AI-Condensed Op-Ed, Flagging 71% Text Score
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Summary
An editor's note added to Ricardo Hausmann's August 13 Financial Times column said AI was used to condense a longer draft before submission, breaching the paper's ban on AI in the writing process.
The FT said it has opened an editorial review of the piece, which argued Trump's tariffs failed to shrink the US current account deficit, citing a 2025 deficit of $1.18 trillion.
Online criticism quickly followed: Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal called the episode astonishing, while political scientist Brendan Nyhan posted a Pangram screen showing 71% of the text marked AI-generated.
The case lands as universities, including Harvard, are still wrestling with how to police AI use while preparing students for workplaces where the technology is becoming routine.