28 August 2026
Wall Street Journal defends billionaire's AI-written op-ed without disclosure
First reported
The Atlantic ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.
- Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that an AI-detection tool identified as 100 percent AI-generated, and he publicly confirmed using AI to write it.
- Journal editorial-page editor Paul Gigot defended the practice, saying he won't police AI use by outside contributors and questioned whether readers need to know when AI was involved.
How it was covered
Reported by The Atlantic