Western Sydney University says an academic whose work is linked to an opinion piece published in the masthead has admitted using artificial intelligence to draft the article. All three outlets report that the university acknowledges the opinion piece is AI-generated, using the author’s previously published work as source material. The issue centres on whether the piece was produced with the assistance of AI rather than written solely by the academic. According to the accounts, the university’s acknowledgement confirms that the article was generated with AI tools, drawing on existing content created by the same author. The reports describe the disclosure as relating specifically to the defence of AI contained in the opinion piece, and they cite the university’s response as the basis for confirming the method used to produce it. None of the provided summaries add further details about the university’s broader policy, any disciplinary outcome, or the extent of AI use beyond the fact that AI was used to generate the piece from the author’s earlier work.