Harvard professor caught using AI to condense Financial Times op-ed trashing Trump tariffs
Greg Casar, Valerie Foushee, and Sara Jacobs host a virtual press call proposing a new policy to address potential mass unemployment from artificial intelligence using an employment program funded by taxing AI. The piece was published by the FT on August 13."It has come to our attention that AI was used to condense a longer draft of this column prior to submission to the FT and our own editorial involvement. America’s current account deficit in 2025 was $1.18tn — virtually identical to the year before.
- ▪Greg Casar, Valerie Foushee, and Sara Jacobs host a virtual press call proposing a new policy to address potential mass unemployment from artificial intelligence using an employment program funded by taxing AI.
- ▪The piece was published by the FT on August 13."It has come to our attention that AI was used to condense a longer draft of this column prior to submission to the FT and our own editorial involvement.
- ▪America’s current account deficit in 2025 was $1.18tn — virtually identical to the year before.
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| Publication time | Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:51:11 -0400 |
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Media Harvard professor caught using AI to condense Financial Times op-ed trashing Trump tariffs FT declines to go into more detail beyond editor's note By Hanna Panreck Fox News Published August 17, 2026 2:51pm EDT Comments Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video WATCH LIVE: House Dems propose mass employment plan funded by AI tax Reps. Greg Casar, Valerie Foushee, and Sara Jacobs host a virtual press call proposing a new policy to address potential mass unemployment from artificial intelligence using an employment program funded by taxing AI. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Harvard professor is facing criticism for using AI to condense a longer iteration of an opinion piece written for the Financial Times (FT) on Thursday.
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