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Cath Ellis

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 15121 Report
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

2026-05-31

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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Western Sydney University

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1512
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    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Educational communities

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Microsoft

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Chatbot developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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The Age

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Journalism

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Copilot

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Chatbots

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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Large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1512
    1 Report

    The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use

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