Poynter’s Ren LaForme examines a Financial Times editorial ethics incident in which Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann used an AI tool to condense a draft opinion column before submission, violating FT’s editorial code prohibiting AI in the writing process. The piece describes this as a novel ethical breach distinct from prior AI journalism scandals, since the tool shortened genuine original work rather than fabricating content or plagiarizing. LaForme notes that FT’s standards allow AI assistance with research tasks but require that the actual writing be produced by human journalists and editors, a line Hausmann’s column crossed.
