Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller admitted Tuesday that he used AI to pen a scathing Wall Street Journal op-ed bashing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s debt buybacks.Druckenmiller – the founder of Duquesne Capital who has been described as a mentor to Bessent early in his hedge fund trading career – defended his undisclosed use of AI to write the piece, arguing that it was a no-brainer.In an interview with digital news outlet NOTUS, Druckenmiller said “of course I used AI” when writing the column, which generated online buzz about Bessent and Druckenmiller’s relationship.“There’s a reason I moved from an English major to being an economics major,” said Druckenmiller, 73.“I’m not embarrassed by it … I write everything using AI now for the same reason I use a calculator when I do math problems.”NOTUS claimed it used Pangram, an AI detection tool, to scan Druckenmiller’s op-ed and found that it had been written using AI after several social media posts made similar allegations. Paul Gigot, the Journal’s editorial page editor, defended Druckenmiller’s use of the new technology, saying what matters is the integrity of the content. “AI is a fact of modern life.
People will use it to assist in their work and their writing, including with research, checking grammar, editing and more,” Gigot told The Post in a statement.“The question for us is whether what we publish from contributors reflects an author’s original argument, and if the author has the standing and credibility to make it,” he added. “In Stan Druckenmiller’s case, we have had a relationship with him for many years, and nobody can doubt that his op-ed is his genuine opinion.”The Wall Street Journal did not immediately respond to The Post’s inquiry about whether it was aware that Druckenmiller had used AI to write the piece before it was published.On its website, the Journal says it uses AI tools for several purposes, including translation and resea...
